Best Primary Schools in St Albans

We checked all 40 primary schools in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 33 ranked, then 7 without a rank.

Schools checked
40
Ranked
33
Without a rank
7

Ranks combine 2024/25 SATs results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in St Albans. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

St Albans also has 13 secondary schools, ranked on GCSE results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire also has rankings for Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Stevenage, Hitchin, Bishop's Stortford and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked primary schools in St Albans

  1. 1

    Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

    Academy, 230 pupils, inspected February 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    37%

  2. 2

    Cunningham Hill Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 236 pupils, inspected April 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    32%

  3. 3

    St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

    Local authority maintained, 201 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Expected standard
    81%
    Higher standard
    16%

  4. 4

    Maple Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 214 pupils, inspected January 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    93%
    Higher standard
    18%

  5. 5

    Wheatfields Junior Mixed School

    Academy, 358 pupils, inspected January 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    28%

  6. 6

    Prae Wood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 446 pupils, inspected July 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    22%

  7. 7

    The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

    Local authority maintained, 189 pupils, inspected September 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    87%
    Higher standard
    20%

  8. 8

    Fleetville Junior School

    Academy, 358 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    28%

  9. 9

    Bernards Heath Junior School

    Local authority maintained, 353 pupils, inspected December 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    17%

  10. 10

    Killigrew Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 412 pupils, inspected November 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    78%
    Higher standard
    20%

  11. 11

    Alban City School

    Free school, 381 pupils, inspected February 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    77%
    Higher standard
    16%

  12. 12

    Markyate Village School and Nursery

    Local authority maintained, 211 pupils, inspected January 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    18%

  13. 13

    Mandeville Primary School

    Academy, 340 pupils, inspected February 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    75%
    Higher standard
    17%

  14. 14

    London Colney Primary & Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 156 pupils, inspected September 2017

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    85%
    Higher standard
    8%

  15. 15

    St Peter's School

    Local authority maintained, 392 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    73%
    Higher standard
    13%

  16. 16

    Oakwood Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 317 pupils, inspected July 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    74%
    Higher standard
    11%

  17. 16

    Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy

    Academy, 206 pupils, inspected October 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    83%
    Higher standard
    13%

  18. 18

    Camp Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 228 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    11%

  19. 19

    St Helen's Church of England Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 184 pupils, inspected March 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    71%
    Higher standard
    11%

  20. 20

    Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Local authority maintained, 198 pupils, inspected December 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    66%
    Higher standard
    17%

  21. 21

    St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

    Academy, 134 pupils, inspected January 2012

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    68%
    Higher standard
    13%

  22. 22

    Redbourn Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 375 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Good
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    10%

  23. 23

    Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

    Academy, 430 pupils, inspected November 2013

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    69%
    Higher standard
    13%

  24. 24

    Sandridge School

    Local authority maintained, 130 pupils, inspected March 2019

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    17%

  25. 25

    St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 194 pupils, inspected October 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    80%
    Higher standard
    0%

  26. 26

    Margaret Wix Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 167 pupils, inspected March 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    61%
    Higher standard
    13%

  27. 27

    Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 153 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Expected standard
    67%
    Higher standard
    0%

  28. 28

    Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery

    Academy, 171 pupils, inspected September 2022

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    50%
    Higher standard
    18%

  29. 29

    Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

    Academy, 200 pupils, inspected February 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    53%
    Higher standard
    8%

  30. 30

    How Wood Primary and Nursery School

    Local authority maintained, 215 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    62%
    Higher standard
    4%

  31. 31

    Windermere Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 134 pupils, inspected June 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Requires improvement to good
    Expected standard
    48%
    Higher standard
    7%

  32. 32

    Flamstead Village School

    Local authority maintained, 99 pupils, inspected July 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    63%
    Higher standard
    0%

  33. 33

    Bowmansgreen Primary School

    Local authority maintained, 315 pupils, inspected February 2016

    Ofsted: Good
    Expected standard
    41%
    Higher standard
    3%

Primary schools in St Albans without a rank