# Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

Skyswood Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 230 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E148875. [St Albans](https://openindex.co.uk/st-albans)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 230
- Council: St Albans
- URN: 148875

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 4 February 2025
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
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, 87% of pupils at Skyswood Primary & Nursery School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
37% 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 | 87% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 37% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 112 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 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.

- [St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-fisher-catholic-primary-school-a-voluntary-academy-e148990): 180 m. Primary. Standards maintained, November 2024. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Sandringham School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sandringham-school-e136609): 490 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. Attainment 8 of 65.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Wheatfields Junior Mixed School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wheatfields-junior-mixed-school-e146878): 700 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wheatfields-infants-and-nursery-school-e146893): 700 m. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- [Oakwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakwood-primary-school-e117222): 1.2 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 74% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Beaumont School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beaumont-school-e138286): 1.4 km. Secondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 63.0 (2025/26, provisional)

## 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/148875)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/148875)

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