Maple Primary School
Hall Place Gardens, St Albans, AL1 3SW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shanti Johnson
- SEN provision
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 214
- URN
- 117298
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01727859053
About this school
Maple Primary School is a community primary school in St Albans. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 214 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Maple Primary 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 33 | 28 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 84% | 85% | 93% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 15% | 18% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 91% | 93% |
| Expected standard in maths | 91% | 94% | 96% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 94% | 96% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 109.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.10 | - | - |
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 Maple 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 | 84% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 85% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 93% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 242 |
| 2023/24 | 217 |
| 2024/25 | 215 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maple Primary School compares
Maple Primary School ranked 2nd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 93% | 4% | 5.6% | 214 | — |
| Alban City School | 77% | 3.6% | 10.2% | 381 | 0.1 miles |
| Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School | 66% | 4.8% | 11.7% | 198 | 0.3 miles |
| Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School | — | 4.9% | 6.7% | 279 | 0.4 miles |
| Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School | 69% | 4.8% | 14.2% | 430 | 0.6 miles |
| Bernards Heath Junior School | 78% | 4.6% | 8.8% | 353 | 0.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report27 January 2026
- 13 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 5.58%
- English as an additional language
- 25.1%
- Overall absence
- 3.99%
- Persistent absence
- 8.85%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Alban City School0.1 miles
Primary · St Albans
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Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School0.3 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School0.4 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School0.6 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Bernards Heath Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · St Albans
Other schools in St Albans
Maple Primary School ranks 1st 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 ages does Maple Primary School teach?
- Maple Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in St Albans.
- Who is the headteacher of Maple Primary School?
- The headteacher of Maple Primary School is Mrs Shanti Johnson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Maple Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maple 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 many pupils are at Maple Primary School?
- Maple Primary School has 214 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Maple Primary School full?
- Maple Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 214 on roll (102%), 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 Maple Primary School a faith school?
- No. Maple Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Maple Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Maple Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Maple Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Maple Primary School's special educational needs provision as: HI - Hearing Impairment. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Maple Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 84% in 2022/23 and 93% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Maple Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Maple Primary School ranked 2nd of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 99% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 85% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Maple Primary School's absence rate?
- Maple Primary School's overall absence rate is 4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Maple Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maple 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.