Highbury Infant School and Nursery

State-Funded School

highbury-infant-school-and-nursery-hertfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

HitchinConstituency

SG4 9AGPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Highbury Infant School and Nursery is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–7, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 195 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2022

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

17%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

195

Total Pupils

48%Boys

52%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

13%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 195
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 2 November 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
11 Jul 2013	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.