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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | 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 entry98 applications · 42 places offered · 41 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.3; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2024 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2023 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2022 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2021 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2018 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- 2017 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
- 2016 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery (URN 117491), St Alban and St Stephen Roman Catholic Infant and Nursery School (URN 117450), 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 | 42 | 98 | 2.3 | 41 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 * | 43 | 85 | 2.0 | 43 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 * | 44 | 106 | 2.4 | 43 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2023 * | 60 | 114 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2022 * | 58 | 102 | 1.8 | 52 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 111 | 1.9 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2020 * | 57 | 106 | 1.9 | 55 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 119 | 2.0 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 107 | 1.8 | 70 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 118 | 2.0 | 71 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 121 | 2.0 | 63 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2015 * | 59 | 121 | 2.1 | 63 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2014 * | 61 | 127 | 2.1 | 74 | 1.21 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & NurseryThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.3applications per place
- 0.4 km · HertfordshireGood202378%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.8applications per place
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireOutstanding202487%met the SATs standard
- 0.7 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.2applications per place
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20234.4applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 48%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Hertfordshire20265.4applications per place 93%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.3applications per place 73%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 151983 · 919/3421
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 459 pupils · 410 on roll
- Free school meals
- 8.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2026
- Replaced
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery (URN 117491); St Alban and St Stephen Roman Catholic Infant and Nursery School (URN 117450)
- Address
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School, Cecil Road, St Albans, AL1 5EG
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · St Albans
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources