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Bernards Heath Junior School

  • 7–11Ages
  • 353Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 117143URN

Watson Avenue, St Albans, AL3 5HP · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
78%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 5 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 83% · Writing 82% · Maths 84% → all three 78% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard78%57th of 331 in Hertfordshire
Reading
Expected standard83%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 111 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard82%
Greater depth21%
Maths
Expected standard84%
Higher standard48%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2578%17%111110
2023/2485%18%111110
2022/2379%16%108108

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
117143 · 919/2100
Capacity
360 pupils · 353 on roll
Free school meals
7.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Watson Avenue, St Albans, AL3 5HP
Local authority
Hertfordshire · St Albans

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources