Crabtree Infants' School
Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5PU
178 pupils · 99% of 180 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- IVY LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 1.7%
Ofsted
Outstanding (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 18 March 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.27 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 60 | 76 | 255 | 60 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 59 | 84 | 264 | 59 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 59 | 85 | 265 | 59 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 60 | 62 | 244 | 60 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 59 | 75 | 256 | 59 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 60 | 77 | 283 | 60 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 58 | 82 | 285 | 58 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 105 | 319 | 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
- Crabtree Junior School 0.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- High Beeches Primary School 0.4 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 0.8 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- The Grove Junior School 0.8 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Harpenden Academy 0.9 km · Improved significantly (2025)
- The Grove Infant and Nursery School 0.9 km · Outstanding (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.