Primary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire
Highbury Infant School and Nursery
Standhill Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 9AG
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 2 November 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 195
- Places
- 240
- How full
- 81% full — 195 of 240 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 101 / 94
- Overall absence
- 4%
- Persistently absent
- 7%
primary schools average 5.2%
primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions
- Free school meals, last 6 years
- 8%
- English as an additional language
- 10%
- With an EHC plan
- 0%
- On SEN support
- 12%
England 25.7%
England 18.7%
England 3.5%
England 15%
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for North Hertfordshire 013A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 44%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 14%
- Households owning their home
- 58%
- Households in social housing
- 23%
- Households with no car
- 21%
- Adults economically inactive
- 31%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Nancy Adshead
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury
- Constituency
- Hitchin
- URN
- 117113
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehill Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 72% | 0.4 mi |
| St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HitchinVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2024 | 68% | 0.5 mi |
| William Ransom Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 78% | 0.6 mi |
| Wilshere-Dacre Junior AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 70% | 0.7 mi |
| Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2023 | 75% | 0.7 mi |
| Mary Exton Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 40% | 0.9 mi |
| Oughton Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 48% | 1.1 mi |
| Strathmore Infant and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | — | 1.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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