Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School
About Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School
Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School holds a Good rating from Ofsted, a grade it has maintained across its two most recent inspections. In its 2022 graded inspection, every category assessed — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — was rated Good. That consistency matters for a school that takes children from age three to seven, because it suggests solid foundations in the early years that feed into the infant phase. The school’s most informative exam metric is the local authority’s average Key Stage 2 score, which sits at 64 for Hertfordshire primary schools. While Holtsmere End itself does not publish KS2 results — it is an infant school, so its pupils move on to a junior school before sitting those tests — the LA average provides a useful benchmark for the quality of primary education in the area. With 45 out of 401 primary schools in Hertfordshire rated Outstanding, a Good rating here places the school in the solid majority of well-regarded local options.
Key Details
The full report on this school
The inspection in plain English, admissions context, and how this school compares to nearby alternatives — all in one full school report.
- Ofsted inspection in plain EnglishStrengths, concerns and what inspectors flagged
- Parent View survey resultsWhat parents told Ofsted — when the school has 10+ responses
- Where Ofsted and parents disagreeGaps to probe + questions to ask at the open day
- Admissions & catchmentAdmission criteria, distance cutoffs (where the LA publishes them)
- Nearby schools comparedBackup options with Ofsted, demand and distance
- Attendance & behaviour dataPersistent absentees, suspensions and exclusions vs national
Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
22 Apr 2022Source: Ofsted, 19 Jun 2022. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:40 – 15:10
Breakfast club
08:30-09:00
Source: holtsmereinfants.herts.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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