Layston Church of England First School
Voluntary controlled primary school in Buntingford (Hertfordshire).
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Nearby schools
nearest first16 schools within 5 miles. The nearest is Edwinstree Church of England Middle School, 0.4 miles away.
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| Phase | Ofsted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwinstree Church of England Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled | 0.4 mi | Middle deemed secondary | 486 | Ungraded inspection, Apr 2024Last graded Good (Oct 2018) |
| Millfield First and Nursery SchoolCommunity | 0.5 mi | Primary | 311 | Good, 2023 |
| Freman CollegeAcademy converter | 0.5 mi | Secondary | 1,049 | Ungraded inspection, Jun 2024Last graded Good (Nov 2015) |
| Buntingford First SchoolFree schools | 0.9 mi | Primary | 165 | Report card, 2026Strong standard in 4 areas, Expected standard in 3 |
| Hormead Church of England (VA) First SchoolVoluntary aided | 2.1 mi | Primary | 143 | Good, 2024 |
| Anstey First SchoolCommunity | 3.1 mi | Primary | 39 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 5 areas, Needs attention in 2 |
| Jenyns First School and NurseryCommunity | 3.5 mi | Primary | 66 | No overall grade, 2024Good in all four key judgements; early years provision Good |
| Barkway VA Church of England First SchoolVoluntary aided | 3.8 mi | Primary | 24 | Good, 2023 |
| Ardeley St Lawrence Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolVoluntary aided | 3.9 mi | Primary | 46 | Good, 2022 |
| Sandon Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolCommunity | 4.0 mi | Primary | 22 | Report card, 2026Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 |
| Reed First SchoolCommunity | 4.2 mi | Primary | 64 | Good, 2022 |
| Furneux Pelham Church of England SchoolVoluntary controlled | 4.2 mi | Primary | 107 | Good, 2020Ungraded inspection Feb 2025, no grade given |
| St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | 4.3 mi | Primary | 112 | Good, 2023 |
| Ralph Sadleir SchoolAcademy converter | 4.4 mi | Middle deemed secondary | 283 | Requires improvement, 2024 |
| Roger De Clare First CofE SchoolVoluntary controlled | 4.4 mi | Primary | 211 | Good, 2024 |
| St Edmund's CollegeOther independent | 4.7 mi | Independent | 684 | - |
Straight-line distance from each school's register location, in miles: schools within 2 miles, widened to 5 or 10 miles where fewer than 10 schools are that close. Register details: Get Information about Schools, DfE (extract of 24 Oct 2026). Ofsted: the latest outcome in our data (Ofsted management information as at 30 Sep 2026, so a newer report may exist). Where no Ofsted outcome is shown we do not hold one; many independent schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate instead. Phase colours match the map. Governance Register does not rank schools.
The neighbourhood
iEnglish Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) for the small area around the school (LSOA).This school's neighbourhood is among the 40% least deprived in England (Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025, decile 7 of 10).
Each number is a decile from 1 to 10: 1 = the most deprived 10% of neighbourhoods in England, 10 = the least deprived 10%.
- Children in income-deprived families
- 70
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