What did Ofsted judge Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?

Ofsted judged Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2013 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.

How many pupils attend Cranborne Primary School?

Cranborne Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.

What ages does Cranborne Primary School take?

Cranborne Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Cranborne Primary School located?

Cranborne Primary School is located in Potters Bar, EN6 2BA, Hertfordshire.

How do I apply to Cranborne Primary School?

Cranborne Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

How close do you need to live to get into Cranborne Primary School?

On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Cranborne Primary School was 1.085 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.

How are Reception places decided at Cranborne Primary School?

When Cranborne Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children Looked After — Children who are/were previously looked after and children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order); 2. Medical or Social — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs; 3. Sibling — Children who have a sibling on the roll of Cranborne school at the time of application. This applies to Reception through to Year 5 in Primary Schools. For In Year applications a sibling in the final year will be accepted, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC Admissions Database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1,000,000, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

What is the largest ethnic background at Cranborne Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 49.6% of pupils at Cranborne Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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was the furthest place offered on offer day for 2026-27 (Reception). That is how far the last place reached in ONE year — not a boundary, and not a guarantee. It moves with the number of applicants, so treat it as a guide rather than a line on a map.

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How places are decided at Cranborne Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children Looked After — Children who are/were previously looked after and children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order).
2Medical or Social — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs.
3Sibling — Children who have a sibling on the roll of Cranborne school at the time of application. This applies to Reception through to Year 5 in Primary Schools. For In Year applications a sibling in the final year will be accepted.
4Staff Children — Children who have a parent with teaching responsibilities or a Senior Leader at the school and lives at the same permanent address as the staff member - the member of staff must have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application OR where the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5Nearest School — Children for whom it is the nearest school or academy. This includes all schools except those which allocate places on the basis of faith (membership or practice) before allocating on the basis of distance/location.
6Distance — Children who live nearest to the school. Children not considered under Rule 5 will be considered under rule 6

If two applications tie: Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC Admissions Database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1,000,000, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.

These rules are applied in the order they are printed above. If more children qualify under a particular rule than there are places available, a tiebreak will be used by applying the next rule to those children.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

Cranborne Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2013 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Cranborne Primary School?: Cranborne Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.
What ages does Cranborne Primary School take?: Cranborne Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Cranborne Primary School located?: Cranborne Primary School is located in Potters Bar, EN6 2BA, Hertfordshire.
How do I apply to Cranborne Primary School?: Cranborne Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Cranborne Primary School?: On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Cranborne Primary School was 1.085 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
How are Reception places decided at Cranborne Primary School?: When Cranborne Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children Looked After — Children who are/were previously looked after and children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order); 2. Medical or Social — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs; 3. Sibling — Children who have a sibling on the roll of Cranborne school at the time of application. This applies to Reception through to Year 5 in Primary Schools. For In Year applications a sibling in the final year will be accepted, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC Admissions Database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1,000,000, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.
What is the largest ethnic background at Cranborne Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 49.6% of pupils at Cranborne Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How places are decided at Cranborne Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Children Looked After — Children who are/were previously looked after and children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order).
2Medical or Social — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs.
3Sibling — Children who have a sibling on the roll of Cranborne school at the time of application. This applies to Reception through to Year 5 in Primary Schools. For In Year applications a sibling in the final year will be accepted.
4Staff Children — Children who have a parent with teaching responsibilities or a Senior Leader at the school and lives at the same permanent address as the staff member - the member of staff must have been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application OR where the member of staff has been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5Nearest School — Children for whom it is the nearest school or academy. This includes all schools except those which allocate places on the basis of faith (membership or practice) before allocating on the basis of distance/location.
6Distance — Children who live nearest to the school. Children not considered under Rule 5 will be considered under rule 6

Cranborne Primary School: key facts

What did Ofsted judge Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness to be?: Ofsted judged Cranborne Primary School's overall effectiveness as Good at its inspection in January 2013 (last graded inspection), and an ungraded inspection in February 2023 confirmed it, on Ofsted's own scale.
How many pupils attend Cranborne Primary School?: Cranborne Primary School has 448 pupils on roll.
What ages does Cranborne Primary School take?: Cranborne Primary School admits pupils aged 3 to 11.
Where is Cranborne Primary School located?: Cranborne Primary School is located in Potters Bar, EN6 2BA, Hertfordshire.
How do I apply to Cranborne Primary School?: Cranborne Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.
How close do you need to live to get into Cranborne Primary School?: On offer day for 2026-27 (Reception), the furthest place offered at Cranborne Primary School was 1.085 miles from the school. That is the distance the last place reached in one year, not a boundary and not a guarantee — it moves with the number of applicants.
How are Reception places decided at Cranborne Primary School?: When Cranborne Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Children Looked After — Children who are/were previously looked after and children who were previously looked after outside England, but ceased to be so because they were adopted (or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order); 2. Medical or Social — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school. A panel of HCC officers will determine whether the evidence provided is sufficiently compelling to meet the requirements for this rule. The evidence must relate specifically to the school applied for under Rule 2 and must clearly demonstrate why it is the only school that can meet the child's needs; 3. Sibling — Children who have a sibling on the roll of Cranborne school at the time of application. This applies to Reception through to Year 5 in Primary Schools. For In Year applications a sibling in the final year will be accepted, and 3 further criteria. The school offers 60 places at this entry point. Tie-break: Where there is a need for a tie-break where two different addresses are the same distance from a school, in the case of a block of flats for example, the lower door number will be deemed nearest as logically this will be on the ground floor and therefore closer. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random. Every child entered onto the HCC Admissions Database has an individual random number assigned, between 1 and 1,000,000, against each preference school. When there is a need for a final tie break the random number is used to allocate the place, with the lowest number given priority.
What is the largest ethnic background at Cranborne Primary School?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 49.6% of pupils at Cranborne Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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