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Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School

Primary · Tring · HP23 4EE

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 February 2025

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At a glance

222 pupils · 92% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
5.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.goldfield.herts.sch.uk
URN
117274

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 73 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.26 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 474.27 m (≈0.29 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2015 to 2026. At its inspection on 4 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.26 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 73 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 474.27 m (≈0.29 mi) for 2021 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 474.27 m (≈0.29 mi)

measured in a straight line.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Nearest School
551.98 m (≈0.34 mi)

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Hertfordshire 58%, England 60%) · Any other White background 5% (Hertfordshire 11%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hertfordshire 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Hertfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hertfordshire 4%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Hertfordshire 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.29 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hertfordshire: 2.92 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

35.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,792; 7.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,894
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £127,666; in-year balance +£100,589

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier62.4%62.3%
Social housing9.8%17.1%
Privately rented27.8%20.5%
Detached houses8.2%22.9%
Flats32.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01023426 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£532,000339 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£374,000–£696,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (89)£760,000
Semi-detached (88)£595,000
Terraced (115)£420,000
Flat (47)£235,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.47 km, 2021 entry): 176 sales, median £527,500. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
7an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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