Redbourn Primary School
Long Cutt, Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7EX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Emma Fenn
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 375
- URN
- 117236
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582792341
About this school
Redbourn Primary School is a community primary school in St Albans. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 375 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 56 | 52 | 49 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 40% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 83% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 71% | 80% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 75% | 71% | 94% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 107.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Redbourn Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 40% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 402 |
| 2024/25 | 394 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Redbourn Primary School compares
Redbourn Primary School ranked 166th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5% | 15.3% | 375 | — |
| Flamstead Village School | 63% | 4.1% | 12.8% | 99 | 1.8 miles |
| Roundwood Primary School | 69% | 4.4% | 2.6% | 338 | 1.9 miles |
| Brockswood Primary School | 87% | 6.4% | 29.2% | 247 | 2.0 miles |
| Wood End School | 80% | 3.4% | 2.1% | 457 | 2.0 miles |
| St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School | 91% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 149 | 2.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.26%
- English as an additional language
- 5.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.03%
- Persistent absence
- 9.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Flamstead Village School1.8 miles
Primary · St. Albans
-
Roundwood Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
Brockswood Primary School2.0 miles
Primary · Hemel Hempstead
-
Wood End School2.0 miles
Primary · Harpenden
-
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School2.2 miles
Primary · Harpenden
Other schools in St Albans
Redbourn Primary School ranks 24th of the 31 ranked primary schools in St Albans.
- Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- Alban City School Primary
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Bernards Heath Junior School Primary
- Bowmansgreen Primary School Primary
- Camp Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Colney Heath Primary School Primary
- Cunningham Hill Infant School Primary
- Cunningham Hill Junior School Primary
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Fleetville Junior School Primary
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Redbourn Primary School teach?
- Redbourn Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in St Albans.
- Who is the headteacher of Redbourn Primary School?
- The headteacher of Redbourn Primary School is Miss Emma Fenn, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Redbourn Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Redbourn Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Redbourn Primary School?
- Redbourn Primary School has 375 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Redbourn Primary School full?
- Redbourn Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 375 on roll (78%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Redbourn Primary School a faith school?
- No. Redbourn Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Redbourn Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Redbourn Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Redbourn Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Redbourn Primary School rank locally?
- Redbourn Primary School ranked 166th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Redbourn Primary School's absence rate?
- Redbourn Primary School's overall absence rate is 5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Redbourn Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Redbourn Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.