Harpenden Academy
Primary schoolHarpenden Academy is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 216 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, February 2025
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 5 February 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 81% of pupils at Harpenden Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
19% 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 | 81% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 19% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 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
In a straight line- St Nicholas CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2022. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)370 m
- St Dominic Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023, before the school changed480 m
- St George's SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 65.6 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Crabtree Infants' SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024860 m
- St Hilda's SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file880 m
- Crabtree Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St Albans
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).