# How Wood Primary and Nursery School

How Wood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 215 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E117235. [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 215
- Council: St Albans
- URN: 117235

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), March 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 2 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- 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, 62% of pupils at How Wood Primary and Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
4% 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 | 62% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/park-street-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-e117452): 300 m. Primary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Seva Education St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seva-education-st-albans-e152529): 1 km. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Killigrew Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/killigrew-primary-and-nursery-school-e135528): 1.4 km. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Watling View School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/watling-view-school-e117683): 1.7 km. Special. Improved significantly, April 2025
- [Mandeville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mandeville-primary-school-e139159): 1.9 km. Primary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-adrian-roman-catholic-primary-school-e117470): 2 km. Primary. School remains Good, December 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/117235)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/117235)

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