Roecroft Lower School
Buttercup Road, Hitchin, SG5 4PF
359 pupils · 80% of 450 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 3 June 2025, published 10 July 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.93 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 81 | 75 | 157 | 79 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 52 | 50 | 101 | 52 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 68 | 65 | 116 | 68 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 89 | 92 | 145 | 89 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 84 | 81 | 143 | 83 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 62 | 63 | 119 | 62 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 73 | 73 | 137 | 73 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 89 | 96 | 181 | 89 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold 0.7 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- The Grange Academy 1.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Fairfield Park Lower School 1.9 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School 1.9 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Stonehill School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Gothic Mede Academy 2.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.