Highbury Infant School and Nursery
Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AG
195 pupils · 81% of 240 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 9.3%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
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 2 November 2022, published 8 December 2022. 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 — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 47 | 43 | 136 | 47 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 60 | 50 | 149 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 60 | 51 | 197 | 60 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 58 | 44 | 154 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 54 | 185 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 59 | 54 | 180 | 59 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 50 | 208 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 74 | 202 | 60 |
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
- Whitehill Junior School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin 0.7 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- William Ransom Primary School 0.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy 1.1 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Mary Exton Primary School 1.5 km · Good (2022) · 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.