Academy converter · Hertfordshire

Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery

3–11Ages
238Pupils
PrimaryPhase
144907URN

The Brow, Watford, WD25 7NX · 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

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.1per place

0.5 above Hertfordshire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

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90 applications for 29 places · 80th of 314 in Hertfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

74%met the expected standard

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

13 December 2023
Graded inspection: Good
29 June 2022
Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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 hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.1applications per place, Reception

0.5 above Hertfordshire median (2.6) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

90 applications · 29 places offered · 34 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

2026 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2025 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
2024 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2023 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2022 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2021 4.6; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2020 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2019 5.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.8
2018 6.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
2017 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
2016 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
2015 4.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
2014 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 9 of 9 years.

This school
Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery (URN 134685), the previous school.

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	29	90	3.1	34	1.17
Sep 2025	29	96	3.3	27	0.93
Sep 2024	30	130	4.3	34	1.13
Sep 2023	29	124	4.3	48	1.66
Sep 2022	29	136	4.7	42	1.45
Sep 2021	30	137	4.6	51	1.70
Sep 2020	30	162	5.4	41	1.37
Sep 2019	29	153	5.3	38	1.31
Sep 2018	30	182	6.1	61	2.03
Sep 2017 *	30	126	4.2	36	1.20
Sep 2016 *	30	127	4.2	39	1.30
Sep 2015 *	30	136	4.5	46	1.53
Sep 2014 *	30	105	3.5	43	1.43

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 87% · Writing 84% · Maths 81% → all three 74% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard74%93rd of 331 in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire 67% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard87%

Hertfordshire 80% England 78%

Higher standard58%

Hertfordshire 38% England 33%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard84%

Hertfordshire 75% England 75%

Greater depth26%

Hertfordshire 14% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard81%

Hertfordshire 79% England 77%

Higher standard42%

Hertfordshire 30% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

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Hertfordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	74%	23%	108	106
2023/24	60%	10%	104	105
2022/23	67%	10%	104	106

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

Alban Wood Primary School and NurseryThis school
This school

Good2023

3.1applications per place 74%met the SATs standard
Leavesden JMI School
0.8 km · Hertfordshire

Good2023

2.1applications per place 40%met the SATs standard
Kingsway Infants' School
1.0 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

1.9applications per place
Kingsway Junior School
1.0 km · Hertfordshire

Good2022

80%met the SATs standard
St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2023

3.2applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
Coates Way JMI and Nursery School
1.5 km · Hertfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.7applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Tanners Wood Junior Mixed and Infant School
1.6 km · Hertfordshire

Improved significantly2025

2.3applications per place 47%met the SATs standard
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School
1.7 km · Hertfordshire

Remains Good2022

2.1applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Cherry Tree Primary School
1.8 km · Hertfordshire

Good2022

2.9applications per place 48%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 144907 · 919/3981
Trust: Agora Learning Partnership
Capacity: 243 pupils · 238 on roll
Free school meals: 25.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 September 2017
Replaced: Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery (URN 134685)
Address: The Brow, Watford, WD25 7NX
Local authority: Hertfordshire · Watford

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