Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry246 applications · 59 places offered · 78 named it first
- 2026 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 4.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 4.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 4.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 4.8; 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 | 59 | 246 | 4.2 | 78 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 241 | 4.0 | 78 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2024 | 59 | 199 | 3.4 | 71 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 229 | 3.8 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2022 | 60 | 231 | 3.9 | 58 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 59 | 249 | 4.2 | 71 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 265 | 4.4 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 234 | 3.9 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 242 | 4.0 | 55 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 60 | 235 | 3.9 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2016 | 60 | 289 | 4.8 | 76 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 59 | 291 | 4.9 | 83 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 286 | 4.8 | 94 | 1.57 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Cunningham Hill Infant SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20244.2applications per place
- 0.0 km · HertfordshireOutstanding202487%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20234.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireGood20232.3applications per place
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGood202378%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.8applications per place
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.3applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.7 km · HertfordshireGood20243.0applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117279 · 919/2332
- Capacity
- 180 pupils · 180 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5QJ
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · St Albans
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources