Report card · inspected Apr 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Expected standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 28 April 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
- 26 January 2022Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry144 applications · 55 places offered · 52 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 55 | 144 | 2.6 | 52 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 80 | 186 | 2.3 | 68 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 80 | 226 | 2.8 | 78 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 | 89 | 232 | 2.6 | 84 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 90 | 284 | 3.2 | 103 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2021 | 88 | 254 | 2.9 | 78 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2020 | 89 | 290 | 3.3 | 106 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 259 | 2.9 | 63 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2018 | 89 | 274 | 3.1 | 88 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 88 | 292 | 3.3 | 80 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2016 | 90 | 328 | 3.6 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 313 | 3.5 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 88 | 276 | 3.1 | 68 | 0.77 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place
- 0.4 km · HertfordshireGood202378%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · Hertfordshire20265.4applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20242.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.8applications per place 66%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireGood20232.3applications per place
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.8applications per place
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireGood202378%met the SATs standard
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117135 · 919/2090
- Capacity
- 322 pupils · 279 on roll
- Free school meals
- 6.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- 154 Sandridge Road, St Albans, AL1 4AP
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · St Albans
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources