Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School
Letchmore Road, Stevenage, SG1 3PS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jo Harding
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Stevenage
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 342
- Pupils on roll
- 295
- URN
- 117151
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01438234400
About this school
Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School is a community primary school in Stevenage. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 295 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Letchmore Infants' 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 Letchmore Infants' 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 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 303 |
| 2023/24 | 301 |
| 2024/25 | 308 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 12.2% | 295 | — |
| Fairlands Primary School | 57% | 5.8% | 39.5% | 655 | 0.3 miles |
| Almond Hill Junior School | 70% | 4% | 22.2% | 347 | 0.4 miles |
| Woolenwick Junior School | 62% | 4.1% | 23.7% | 232 | 0.6 miles |
| Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.5% | 21.9% | 207 | 0.6 miles |
| Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School | 74% | 3.3% | 11.1% | 236 | 0.7 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)
- 12.22%
- English as an additional language
- 16.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.01%
- Persistent absence
- 13.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fairlands Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Almond Hill Junior School0.4 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Woolenwick Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School0.6 miles
Primary · Stevenage
-
Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · Stevenage
Other schools in Stevenage
- Almond Hill Junior School Primary
- Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Ashtree Primary Academy Primary
- Aston St Mary's Church of England Aided Primary School Primary
- Bedwell Primary School Primary
- Benington Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broom Barns Primary School Primary
- Camps Hill Primary School Primary
- Fairlands Primary School Primary
- Featherstone Wood Primary School Primary
- Giles Junior School Primary
- Lodge Farm Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School teach?
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Stevenage.
- Who is the headteacher of Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School is Mrs Jo Harding, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Letchmore Infants' 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 Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School?
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School has 295 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School full?
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School has capacity for 342 pupils and 295 on roll (86%), 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 Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What is Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Letchmore Infants' 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 Letchmore Infants' 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.