Icknield Walk First School
Poplar Drive, Royston, SG8 7EZ
335 pupils · 93% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
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 25 March 2025, published 21 May 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 | 59 | 55 | 141 | 59 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 55 | 159 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 68 | 163 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 80 | 191 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 60 | 66 | 167 | 60 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 69 | 153 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 65 | 173 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 63 | 172 | 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
- St Mary Roman Catholic Primary School 0.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Studlands Rise First School 0.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Tannery Drift School 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Roman Way Academy 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Melbourn Primary School 4.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Bassingbourn Primary School 4.3 km · No overall grade (2024)
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.