# Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery

Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery is a primary school in Watford, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 238 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E144907. [Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/watford)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 238
- Council: Watford
- URN: 144907

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), December 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 13 December 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 74% of pupils at Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
23% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 23% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Future Academies Watford](https://openindex.co.uk/school/future-academies-watford-e135876): 570 m. Secondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Garston Manor School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/garston-manor-school-e117667): 690 m. Special. School remains Good, October 2022
- [Leavesden JMI School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leavesden-jmi-school-e117324): 800 m. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 40% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Kingsway Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsway-infants-school-e117317): 960 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023
- [Kingswood Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingswood-nursery-school-e117076): 970 m. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023
- [Kingsway Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kingsway-junior-school-e117168): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), June 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/144907)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/144907)

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