Highover Primary School
Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed
Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JP
Headteacher · Mrs Sophie Driver
From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 1 September 2026. Report a correction
Key facts
Pupils433Capacity 420
OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 28 January 2025
Free school meals5.8%
Ofsted
Inspection on 28 January 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- Early yearsOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.
Reception applications close 15 January 2027
For September 2027. Apply through Hertfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.
How to apply in HertfordshireApplications for September 2026
54 of the 57 families who put it first were offered a place.
Places offered60
Applications145
First choice57
First-choice offers54
Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.
Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).
Nearby schools for the same ages
- Purwell Primary School0.5 mi
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin0.7 mi
- William Ransom Primary School0.8 mi
- Mary Exton Primary School0.8 mi
- North Herts Education Support Centre0.8 mi