Schools and Education in Preston

There are 79 schools within 5 miles of Preston town centre, including 50 primary and 10 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 96% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include NH8 Bluebell Family Centre, Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School and St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin. A further 2 schools are rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
79
Primary
50
Secondary
10
Good / Outstanding
96%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

8
45
Outstanding (8) Good (45) Requires Improvement (2) Not yet inspected (24)
NH8 Bluebell Family Centre 2.7 miles Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AF Inspected: 07 August 2014 Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 3 miles Gaping Lane, Hitchin, SG5 2JQ Inspected: 21 November 2023 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Primary 3.3 miles Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RD Inspected: 19 September 2024 Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.3 miles Torquay Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 18 October 2023 York Road Nursery School Nursery 3.5 miles York Road, Hitchin, SG5 1XA Inspected: 27 September 2023 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre Primary 3.9 miles Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Inspected: 20 January 2023 Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary 4 miles Letchmore Road, Stevenage, SG1 3PS Inspected: 12 September 2024 Lady Zia Wernher School Not applicable 4.3 miles Ashcroft Road, Stopsley, Luton, LU2 9AY Inspected: 15 January 2024
Preston Primary School Primary 0.2 miles Back Lane, Preston, Hitchin, SG4 7UJ Inspected: 20 March 2024 Breachwood Green Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 2.1 miles The Meadows, Breachwood Green, Hitchin, SG4 8NP Inspected: 01 April 2022 St Paul's Walden Primary School Primary 2.1 miles Bendish Lane, Whitwell, Hitchin, SG4 8HX Inspected: 07 May 2024 St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School Primary 2.2 miles Ashbrook Lane, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, SG4 7PB Inspected: 16 June 2023 East Hall School Not applicable 2.4 miles N/A, East Hall Farm, Hitchin, SG4 8DL Inspected: 20 January 2025 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.7 miles School Lane, Offley, Hitchin, SG5 3AT Inspected: 25 July 2023 Whitehill Junior School Primary 2.7 miles Whitehill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9HT Inspected: 16 May 2023 Highbury Infant School and Nursery Primary 2.9 miles Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AG Inspected: 09 December 2022 Mary Exton Primary School Primary 3.3 miles St Michaels Road, Hitchin, SG4 0QA Inspected: 16 November 2022 Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy Primary 3.3 miles Fishponds Road, Hitchin, SG5 1NS Inspected: 16 January 2025 S1 Bridge Road Family Centre 3.3 miles Torquay Crescent, Bridge Road West, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 25 May 2012 Woolenwick Junior School Primary 3.3 miles Torquay Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 25 January 2024 NH6 Oughton Family Centre 3.4 miles Mattocke road, Mattocke Road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ Inspected: 21 April 2011 Oughton Primary and Nursery School Primary 3.4 miles Mattocke road, Hitchin, SG5 2NZ Inspected: 28 April 2023 NH7 York Road Family Centre 3.5 miles York Road, York Road, Hitchin, SG5 1XA Inspected: 23 December 2014 The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Secondary 3.5 miles Hitchin Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AE Inspected: 11 September 2024 Wigmore Primary Primary 3.7 miles Luton, LU2 9TB Inspected: 07 May 2024 The Thomas Alleyne Academy Secondary 3.8 miles High Street, Stevenage, SG1 3BE Inspected: 25 November 2024 Strathmore Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.8 miles Old Hale Way, Hitchin, SG5 1XR Inspected: 20 September 2023 Kimpton Primary School Primary 3.9 miles High Street, Kimpton, Hitchin, SG4 8RB Inspected: 01 December 2021 Putteridge Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Inspected: 10 June 2024 Putteridge High School Secondary 3.9 miles Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Inspected: 19 December 2024 The Priory School Secondary 3.9 miles Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR Inspected: 22 November 2022 Graveley Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Ashwell Common, Graveley, Hitchin, SG4 7LJ Inspected: 26 June 2023 Barclay Academy Secondary 3.9 miles Walkern Road, Stevenage, SG1 3RB Inspected: 15 June 2023 Queen Elizabeth School Secondary 4 miles Crawley Green Road, Luton, LU2 9AG Inspected: 15 January 2024 Our Lady Catholic Primary School Primary 4 miles Old Hale Way, Hitchin, SG5 1XT Inspected: 21 September 2022 North Hertfordshire College 16 plus 4.1 miles Monkswood Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LA Inspected: 19 January 2024 Almond Hill Junior School Primary 4.2 miles Almonds Lane, Stevenage, SG1 3RP Inspected: 13 July 2021 Flying Start South @ Yeovil Road 4.3 miles Yeovil Road, Luton, LU2 9EE Inspected: 18 April 2012 Broom Barns Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Homestead Moat, Bedwell, Stevenage, SG1 1UE Inspected: 20 September 2023 Ramridge Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Turners Road North, Luton, LU2 9AH Inspected: 17 June 2022 Stopsley Community Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Hitchin Road, Luton, LU2 7UG Inspected: 03 May 2023 St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Monkswood Lane, (Off Monkswood Way), Stevenage, SG2 8QJ Inspected: 18 June 2024 Larwood School Not applicable 4.5 miles Lonsdale Road, Stevenage, SG1 5BZ Inspected: 16 January 2023 Stopsley High School Secondary 4.6 miles St Thomas's Close, Luton, LU2 7UX Inspected: 17 October 2022 Ickleford Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Arlesey Road, Ickleford, Hitchin, SG5 3TG Inspected: 05 July 2022 Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.6 miles Wisden Road, Stevenage, SG1 5JD Inspected: 19 December 2022 Bedwell Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NJ Inspected: 18 May 2022 Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.8 miles Webb Rise, Stevenage, SG1 5PA Inspected: 28 September 2022 Giles Junior School Primary 4.8 miles Durham Road, Stevenage, SG1 4JQ Inspected: 21 March 2023 The Giles Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.8 miles Durham Road, Stevenage, SG1 4JQ Inspected: 18 July 2023 St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QB Inspected: 02 March 2023 Peartree Way Nursery School Nursery 4.9 miles Peartree Way, Stevenage, SG2 9EA Inspected: 27 June 2024 Lordship Farm Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Fouracres, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3UF Inspected: 15 March 2022
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School Primary 3.1 miles Luton, LU2 8PY Inspected: 04 July 2023 Pirton School Primary 4.9 miles High Street, Pirton, Hitchin, SG5 3PS Inspected: 29 November 2023
Kingshott School Not applicable 2.7 miles Stevenage Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, SG4 7JX Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 3 miles Siccut Road, Little Wymondley, Hitchin, SG4 7HN Inspected: 09 November 2023 Hitchin Girls' School Secondary 3 miles Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS Hitchin Boys' School Secondary 3.1 miles Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, SG5 1JB William Ransom Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Stuart Drive, Hitchin, SG4 9QB Purwell Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Fairfield Way, Hitchin, SG4 0PU Fairlands Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Pound Avenue, Stevenage, SG1 3JA Someries Junior School Primary 3.9 miles Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Highover Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 3.9 miles Cambridge Road, Hitchin, SG4 0JP S3 Bedwell Family Centre 4.5 miles Bedwell Park, Bedwell, Stevenage, SG1 1NB Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Langford Drive, Stopsley, Luton, LU2 9AJ Flying Start Central @Stopsley Baptist Church 4.5 miles St Thomas' Road, St Thomas' Road, Luton, LU2 7XP Codicote Church of England Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Meadow Way, Codicote, Hitchin, SG4 8YL St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.6 miles Six Hills Way, Stevenage, SG2 0PZ The Valley School Not applicable 4.6 miles Broadhall Way, Stevenage, SG2 9BN Crawley Green Infant School Primary 4.7 miles Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Wenlock CofE Academy Primary 4.7 miles Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Roebuck Academy Primary 4.7 miles St Margarets, Stevenage, SG2 8RG Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NJ North Herts Education Support Centre Not applicable 4.8 miles Briar Patch Lane, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3LY The Highfield School Secondary 4.8 miles Briar Patch Lane, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA Flying Start South @ Hart Hill Nursery School 4.9 miles Whitecroft Road, Luton, LU2 0JS Inspected: 24 October 2011 Hart Hill Nursery School Nursery 4.9 miles Whitecroft Road, Luton, LU2 0JS Inspected: 15 July 2024 S2 St Nicholas & Martins Wood Family Centre 4.9 miles Vardon Road, Vardon Road, Stevenage, SG1 5RD