Schools and Education in Whitwell

There are 83 schools within 5 miles of Whitwell town centre, including 48 primary and 11 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 98% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School, Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School and Batford Nursery School. A further 1 school is rated below Good, so checking individual Ofsted reports is recommended.

Total Schools
83
Primary
48
Secondary
11
Good / Outstanding
98%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

14
45
Outstanding (14) Good (45) Requires Improvement (1) Not yet inspected (23)
Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.4 miles Torquay Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 18 October 2023 Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School Primary 4.1 miles Letchmore Road, Stevenage, SG1 3PS Inspected: 12 September 2024 Batford Nursery School Nursery 4.4 miles Holcroft Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BQ Inspected: 15 June 2023 NH8 Bluebell Family Centre 4.5 miles Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AF Inspected: 07 August 2014 NH10 Barleyfields Family Centre 4.5 miles Hall Lane, Hall Lane, Knebworth, SG3 6FD Inspected: 03 December 2014 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre Primary 4.5 miles Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Inspected: 20 January 2023 WH1 Tenterfield Family Centre 4.6 miles Becket Gardens, London Road, Welwyn, AL6 9JF Inspected: 26 November 2014 Tenterfield Nursery School Nursery 4.6 miles Becket Gardens, Welwyn, AL6 9JF Inspected: 19 May 2023 S6 Broadwater Family Centre 4.6 miles Oaks Cross, Oaks Cross, Stevenage, SG2 8LT Inspected: 01 August 2013 Sir John Lawes School Secondary 4.8 miles Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP Inspected: 23 May 2023 Samuel Lucas Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Gaping Lane, Hitchin, SG5 2JQ Inspected: 21 November 2023 St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin Primary 5 miles Benslow Lane, Hitchin, SG4 9RD Inspected: 19 September 2024 Knightsfield School 5 miles Digswell Park Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7LW Inspected: 03 December 2024 Lady Zia Wernher School 5 miles Ashcroft Road, Stopsley, Luton, LU2 9AY Inspected: 15 January 2024
St Paul's Walden Primary School Primary 0.3 miles Bendish Lane, Whitwell, Hitchin, SG4 8HX Inspected: 07 May 2024 East Hall School 1.2 miles N/A, East Hall Farm, Hitchin, SG4 8DL Inspected: 20 January 2025 Preston Primary School Primary 1.9 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 Kimpton Primary School Primary 2.1 miles High Street, Kimpton, Hitchin, SG4 8RB Inspected: 01 December 2021 S1 Bridge Road Family Centre 3.4 miles Torquay Crescent, Bridge Road West, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 25 May 2012 Woolenwick Junior School Primary 3.4 miles Torquay Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 2NU Inspected: 25 January 2024 North Hertfordshire College 16 plus 3.6 miles Monkswood Way, Stevenage, SG1 1LA Inspected: 19 January 2024 St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School Primary 3.7 miles Ashbrook Lane, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, SG4 7PB Inspected: 16 June 2023 St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Monkswood Lane, (Off Monkswood Way), Stevenage, SG2 8QJ Inspected: 18 June 2024 The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Secondary 3.9 miles Hitchin Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AE Inspected: 11 September 2024 Broom Barns Primary School Primary 4 miles Homestead Moat, Bedwell, Stevenage, SG1 1UE Inspected: 20 September 2023 The Thomas Alleyne Academy Secondary 4 miles High Street, Stevenage, SG1 3BE Inspected: 25 November 2024 Barclay Academy Secondary 4.1 miles Walkern Road, Stevenage, SG1 3RB Inspected: 15 June 2023 Wigmore Primary Primary 4.1 miles Luton, LU2 9TB Inspected: 07 May 2024 Peartree Way Nursery School Nursery 4.4 miles Peartree Way, Stevenage, SG2 9EA Inspected: 27 June 2024 Knebworth Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.4 miles Swangley's Lane, Knebworth, SG3 6AA Inspected: 16 June 2023 Whitehill Junior School Primary 4.4 miles Whitehill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9HT Inspected: 16 May 2023 Oaklands Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Great North Road, Oaklands, Welwyn, AL6 0PX Inspected: 22 September 2023 Almond Hill Junior School Primary 4.4 miles Almonds Lane, Stevenage, SG1 3RP Inspected: 13 July 2021 Shephalbury Park Primary School Primary 4.4 miles Burydale, Broadwater, Stevenage, SG2 8AX Inspected: 30 November 2022 Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.4 miles School Lane, Offley, Hitchin, SG5 3AT Inspected: 25 July 2023 Katherine Warington School Secondary 4.4 miles Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH Inspected: 25 April 2024 Larwood School 4.5 miles Lonsdale Road, Stevenage, SG1 5BZ Inspected: 16 January 2023 Greenside School 4.5 miles Shephall Green, Stevenage, SG2 9XS Inspected: 11 March 2025 Queen Elizabeth School Secondary 4.5 miles Crawley Green Road, Luton, LU2 9AG Inspected: 15 January 2024 Peartree Spring Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Hydean Way, Stevenage, SG2 9GG Inspected: 10 May 2023 Bedwell Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NJ Inspected: 18 May 2022 Highbury Infant School and Nursery Primary 4.6 miles Standhill Road, Hitchin, SG4 9AG Inspected: 09 December 2022 St Michael's Woolmer Green CofE VA Primary School Primary 4.6 miles London Road, Woolmer Green, SG3 6JP Inspected: 15 December 2022 Marriotts School Secondary 4.7 miles George Leighton Court, Stevenage, SG2 8UT Inspected: 17 January 2022 Lonsdale School 4.7 miles George Leighton Court, Stevenage, SG2 8UT Inspected: 27 March 2025 Graveley Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Ashwell Common, Graveley, Hitchin, SG4 7LJ Inspected: 26 June 2023 Putteridge Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Inspected: 10 June 2024 Putteridge High School Secondary 4.8 miles Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ Inspected: 19 December 2024 Mary Exton Primary School Primary 4.8 miles St Michaels Road, Hitchin, SG4 0QA Inspected: 16 November 2022 Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.8 miles Wisden Road, Stevenage, SG1 5JD Inspected: 19 December 2022 Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.8 miles Webb Rise, Stevenage, SG1 5PA Inspected: 28 September 2022 Flying Start South @ Yeovil Road 4.8 miles Yeovil Road, Luton, LU2 9EE Inspected: 18 April 2012 Manland Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QW Inspected: 01 July 2024 St Helen's Church of England Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8AN Inspected: 09 July 2024 Featherstone Wood Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Featherston Road, Stevenage, SG2 9PP Inspected: 25 November 2022 SA1 Lamer Fields Family Centre 5 miles Nurseries Road, Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, AL4 8TP Inspected: 26 November 2014 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery Primary 5 miles Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, AL4 8TP Inspected: 15 November 2022 The King's School 5 miles Ambrose Lane, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4DU Inspected: 25 January 2017
Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Luton, LU2 8PY Inspected: 04 July 2023
Codicote Church of England Primary School Primary 2.7 miles Meadow Way, Codicote, Hitchin, SG4 8YL Fairlands Primary School Primary 3.8 miles Pound Avenue, Stevenage, SG1 3JA Roebuck Academy Primary 4 miles St Margarets, Stevenage, SG2 8RG The Valley School 4 miles Broadhall Way, Stevenage, SG2 9BN Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 4.2 miles Siccut Road, Little Wymondley, Hitchin, SG4 7HN Inspected: 09 November 2023 S3 Bedwell Family Centre 4.2 miles Bedwell Park, Bedwell, Stevenage, SG1 1NB Kingshott School 4.2 miles Stevenage Road, St Ippolyts, Hitchin, SG4 7JX St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.2 miles Six Hills Way, Stevenage, SG2 0PZ Sauncey Wood Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Pickford Hill, Harpenden, AL5 5HL SA2 Batford Family Centre 4.4 miles Holcroft Road, Holcroft Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BQ Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School Primary 4.5 miles Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NJ Someries Junior School Primary 4.5 miles Wigmore Lane, Luton, LU2 8AH Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary 4.6 miles London Road, Welwyn, AL6 9DJ Barnwell School Secondary 4.6 miles Shephall Green, Stevenage, SG2 9SW Longmeadow Primary School Primary 4.6 miles Oaks Cross, Broadwater, Stevenage, SG2 8LT The Lea Primary School and Nursery Primary 4.7 miles Moorland Road, Harpenden, AL5 4LE Sherrardswood School 4.7 miles A1(M), Welwyn, AL6 0BJ Hitchin Girls' School Secondary 4.8 miles Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS S5 Shephall Family Centre 4.8 miles The Hyde, Shephall, Stevenage, SG2 9SD William Ransom Primary School Primary 4.8 miles Stuart Drive, Hitchin, SG4 9QB Crawley Green Infant School Primary 4.9 miles Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Wenlock CofE Academy Primary 4.9 miles Beaconsfield, Luton, LU2 0RW Hitchin Boys' School Secondary 5 miles Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, SG5 1JB