Preston Primary School
Back Lane, Hitchin, SG4 7UJ
60 pupils · 57% of 105 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Ages
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 3.3%
Ofsted
Good (2024) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 7 February 2024, published 19 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 27% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.86 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 7 | 6 | 18 | 7 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 5 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 6 | 5 | 16 | 6 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 11 | 9 | 23 | 10 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 7 | 7 | 25 | 7 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 8 | 7 | 20 | 8 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 13 | 7 | 25 | 13 |
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 Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School 3.2 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Paul's Walden Primary School 3.4 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School 3.7 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Whitehill Junior School 4.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Highbury Infant School and Nursery 4.4 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School 4.5 km · Good (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.