Graded inspection · Nov 2023 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 entry141 applications · 59 places offered · 51 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2023 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2022 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2021 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2020 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2019 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2018 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- 2017 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2016 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.9
- 2015 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
- 2014 2.9; 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 | 141 | 2.4 | 51 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2025 | 60 | 180 | 3.0 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 75 | 173 | 2.3 | 61 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2023 | 63 | 158 | 2.5 | 62 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 78 | 180 | 2.3 | 71 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 89 | 232 | 2.6 | 96 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 | 90 | 215 | 2.4 | 77 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2019 | 90 | 210 | 2.3 | 76 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2018 | 90 | 221 | 2.5 | 77 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2017 | 79 | 194 | 2.5 | 65 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2016 | 83 | 204 | 2.5 | 76 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2015 | 90 | 270 | 3.0 | 109 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 90 | 262 | 2.9 | 109 | 1.21 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Grove Infant and Nursery SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.4applications per place
- 0.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good202282%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20233.8applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.3applications per place
- 0.9 km · HertfordshireOutstanding202386%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.1applications per place
- 1.4 km · HertfordshireImproved significantly20253.5applications per place 81%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20223.4applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20244.7applications per place 91%met the SATs standard
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 117281 · 919/2336
- Capacity
- 270 pupils · 243 on roll
- Free school meals
- 2.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Address
- Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QD
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · St Albans
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources