Sauncey Wood Primary School
Primary schoolSauncey Wood Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 147 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 13 May 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
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, 59% of pupils at Sauncey Wood Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 59% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 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- Batford Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023120 m
- Katherine Warington SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 50.6 (2025/26, provisional)610 m
- Sir John Lawes SchoolSecondary. Outstanding (overall), March 2023. Attainment 8 of 63.9 (2025/26, provisional)820 m
- Manland Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 m
- The Lea Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- St George's SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 65.6 (2025/26, provisional)1.3 km
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).