The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans
Primary schoolThe Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans is a primary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 4 to 11. It had 189 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Improved significantly, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), September 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 September 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Improved significantly, 24 April 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, 87% of pupils at The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
20% 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 | 20% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 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 Albans SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file430 m
- St Peter's SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- St Albans Independent CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file640 m
- St Columba's CollegeIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file730 m
- Muriel Green Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Good, April 2024830 m
- Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)870 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).