Icknield Infant and Nursery School
Archers Way, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 4UN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Squires
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 342
- Pupils on roll
- 206
- URN
- 117186
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01462620406
About this school
Icknield Infant and Nursery School is a community primary school in Letchworth Garden City. It teaches children aged 3 to 7 and has 206 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Icknield 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Icknield 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 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 256 |
| 2023/24 | 213 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Icknield Infant and Nursery School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 8.3% | 27.8% | 206 | — |
| Wilbury Junior School | 63% | 5.5% | 37.8% | 228 | 0.2 miles |
| St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School | 62% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 221 | 0.7 miles |
| Pixmore Junior School | 30% | 5.6% | 31.7% | 231 | 1.0 miles |
| Hillshott Infant School and Nursery | — | 6.6% | 26.7% | 202 | 1.0 miles |
| Stonehill School | 68% | 8.2% | 35.8% | 220 | 1.1 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)
- 27.81%
- English as an additional language
- 13%
- Overall absence
- 8.27%
- Persistent absence
- 20.15%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Wilbury Junior School0.2 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
-
Pixmore Junior School1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth
-
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery1.0 miles
Primary · Letchworth
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Stonehill School1.1 miles
Primary · Letchworth Garden City
Other schools in Letchworth Garden City
- Garden City Academy Primary
- Lordship Farm Primary School Primary
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primary
- Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stonehill School Primary
- The Grange Academy Primary
- Wilbury Junior School Primary
- The Highfield School Secondary
- North Herts Education Support Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy Academies
- St Christopher School Independent schools
Common questions
- What ages does Icknield Infant and Nursery School teach?
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School teaches children aged 3 to 7. It is a primary school in Letchworth Garden City.
- Who is the headteacher of Icknield Infant and Nursery School?
- The headteacher of Icknield Infant and Nursery School is Mrs Samantha Squires, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Icknield Infant and Nursery School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Icknield 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 Icknield Infant and Nursery School?
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School has 206 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 7.
- Is Icknield Infant and Nursery School full?
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School has capacity for 342 pupils and 206 on roll (60%), 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 Icknield Infant and Nursery School a faith school?
- No. Icknield Infant and Nursery School has no designated religious character.
- Does Icknield Infant and Nursery School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Icknield Infant and Nursery School as having nursery classes.
- What is Icknield Infant and Nursery School's absence rate?
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Icknield 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 Icknield 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.