Cunningham Hill Infant School
Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5QJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Justine Elbourne-Cload
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 180
- Pupils on roll
- 180
- URN
- 117279
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01727857524
About this school
Cunningham Hill Infant School is a community primary school in St Albans. It teaches children aged 5 to 7 and has 180 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cunningham Hill Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Cunningham Hill Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 180 |
| 2023/24 | 180 |
| 2024/25 | 180 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cunningham Hill Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 95% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 3.4% | 7.8% | 180 | — |
| Cunningham Hill Junior School | 87% | 4% | 14.2% | 236 | 0.0 miles |
| Camp Primary and Nursery School | 71% | 4.3% | 9.4% | 228 | 0.3 miles |
| Windermere Primary School | 48% | 7.8% | 35.4% | 134 | 0.3 miles |
| St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery | — | — | — | 410 | 0.4 miles |
| Fleetville Junior School | 78% | 3.3% | 6.2% | 358 | 0.5 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)
- 7.78%
- English as an additional language
- 41.7%
- Overall absence
- 3.39%
- Persistent absence
- 3.28%
Location
Nearby schools
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Cunningham Hill Junior School0.0 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Camp Primary and Nursery School0.3 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Windermere Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · St. Albans
-
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery0.4 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Fleetville Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · St Albans
Other 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 Junior School Primary
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Fleetville Junior School Primary
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary
- How Wood Primary and Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cunningham Hill Infant School teach?
- Cunningham Hill Infant School teaches children aged 5 to 7. It is a primary school in St Albans.
- Who is the headteacher of Cunningham Hill Infant School?
- The headteacher of Cunningham Hill Infant School is Ms Justine Elbourne-Cload, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cunningham Hill Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cunningham Hill Infant 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 many pupils are at Cunningham Hill Infant School?
- Cunningham Hill Infant School has 180 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 7.
- Is Cunningham Hill Infant School full?
- Cunningham Hill Infant School has capacity for 180 pupils and 180 on roll (100%), so it is at or above 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 Cunningham Hill Infant School a faith school?
- No. Cunningham Hill Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cunningham Hill Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cunningham Hill Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Cunningham Hill Infant School's absence rate?
- Cunningham Hill Infant School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Cunningham Hill Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Cunningham Hill Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.