Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School
Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3XAOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School is a primary school in St Albans for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 583 schools in Hertfordshire. It ranks 29th of 33 primary schools in St Albans. Its latest Ofsted rating is Good, from an inspection in February 2015.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 11 February 2015, report published 6 March 2015
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 4 October 2022
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School is a kind and caring place where pupils want to do their best. Pupils experience a curriculum which links to their local community. It is broadened through trips and visits, for example, to the local river and Windsor Castle. Pupils are happy in the school. Behaviour is calm. Pupils understand the high expectations set for them. They understand the school's values of 'we are kind; we are brave; we are responsible; we are learners', and can explain how this influences the way they behave in their day-to-day life. Pupils are respectful of each other and of staff. Pupils feel safe. They say bullying does happen occasionally, but that it doesn't happen as much as it did. When bullying does occur, staff deal with it quickly. All pupils have trusted adults that they can speak to if they are worried. Pupils enjoy the wider development opportunities that they are offered. Clubs such as computing, art and sports help pupils to develop their interests. Pupils, including children in Nursery, love taking part in street dance lessons as part of the physical education curriculum.
What the school should improve
- In some areas of the curriculum, leaders have not identified the order in which knowledge should be taught. This means that pupils do not routinely build on their prior learning. Leaders must ensure that they identify the order in which knowledge should be taught in all areas of the curriculum so that pupils have the opportunity to build on what they already know, and consequently learn more.
- While the curriculum in early years is structured around purposeful activities which develop children's knowledge and skills, there is not enough consideration of how the early years environment can be used more effectively to deepen children's learning in all aspects of the curriculum, for example children's physical development. Leaders need to develop rich and varied opportunities so that children effectively develop their learning across all areas of the early years curriculum.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
36 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
200 pupils on roll, with places for 315
Schools near Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 71% met the expected standard |
| Coates Way JMI and Nursery School | 0.8 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good | 47% met the expected standard |
| Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 74% met the expected standard |
| Stanborough Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| The Grove Academy | 2 miles | Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding | 64% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Academy converter
- Sector
- Academy
- Trust
- SPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alexandra Lindley
- Phone
- 01923672729
- Address
- Mount Pleasant Lane, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3XA
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- URN
- 145969
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.