Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School
Malvern Way, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3QQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Amanda Del Percio
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 270
- Pupils on roll
- 240
- URN
- 117133
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01923773430
About this school
Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School is a community primary school in Rickmansworth. It teaches children aged 2 to 7 and has 240 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 292 |
| 2023/24 | 285 |
| 2024/25 | 261 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 4.8% | 6% | 240 | — |
| Yorke Mead Primary School | 73% | 3.9% | 9.9% | 441 | 0.4 miles |
| Little Green Junior School | 71% | 3.3% | 5.4% | 346 | 0.5 miles |
| Harvey Road Primary School | 87% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 240 | 0.6 miles |
| Ascot Road Primary School | 75% | 7.7% | 22.7% | 391 | 0.8 miles |
| St Anthony's Catholic Primary School | 61% | 4.6% | 11.4% | 448 | 0.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.99%
- English as an additional language
- 22.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.78%
- Persistent absence
- 7.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Yorke Mead Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Rickmansworth
-
Little Green Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Rickmansworth
-
Harvey Road Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Rickmansworth
-
Ascot Road Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Watford
-
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Watford
Other schools in Rickmansworth
- Arnett Hills Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- Chenies School Primary
- Chorleywood Primary School Primary
- Christ Church Chorleywood CofE School Primary
- Harvey Road Primary School Primary
- Little Green Junior School Primary
- Maple Cross Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Rickmansworth Park Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- Sarratt Church of England Primary School Primary
- Shepherd Primary Primary
- St John Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Mary's Rickmansworth CofE Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School teaches children aged 2 to 7. It is a primary school in Rickmansworth.
- Who is the headteacher of Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School is Mrs Amanda Del Percio, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School?
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School has 240 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 7.
- Is Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School full?
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School has capacity for 270 pupils and 240 on roll (89%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What is Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Malvern Way Infant and Nursery School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.