St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold
Rook Tree Lane, Hitchin, SG5 4DL
297 pupils · 99% of 300 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 5–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- ST MARY'S CHURCH OF ENGLAND ACADEMY, STOTFOLD
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 17.5%
Ofsted
Standards maintained (2025) — Ungraded inspection — “Standards maintained” (no overall grade issued)
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 5 February 2025, published 9 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.12 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 59 | 66 | 133 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 56 | 50 | 83 | 55 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 58 | 63 | 110 | 58 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 48 | 47 | 93 | 48 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 62 | 112 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 44 | 43 | 74 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 54 | 54 | 84 | 54 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 55 | 48 | 101 | 53 |
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
- Roecroft Lower School 0.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
- The Grange Academy 2.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School 2.5 km · Requires improvement (2024) · previous system
- Fairfield Park Lower School 2.5 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Stonehill School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Gothic Mede Academy 2.7 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.