Mandeville Primary School
Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Mrs Cathy Longhurst
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Spiral Partnership Trust
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 446
- Pupils on roll
- 340
- URN
- 139159
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01727519220
About this school
Mandeville Primary School is a primary academy in St Albans. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 340 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mandeville 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
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected 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 | 59 | 59 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 54% | 69% | 75% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 17% | 12% | 17% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 73% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 83% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 76% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.20 | - | - |
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 Mandeville 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 | 54% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 69% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 75% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 429 |
| 2023/24 | 394 |
| 2024/25 | 366 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mandeville Primary School compares
Mandeville Primary School ranked 87th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 75% | 6.6% | 29.6% | 340 | — |
| St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School | 80% | 4.2% | 11.3% | 194 | 0.2 miles |
| St Peter's School | 73% | 3.4% | 6.1% | 392 | 0.7 miles |
| Killigrew Primary and Nursery School | 78% | 4.3% | 7.9% | 412 | 0.7 miles |
| The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans | 87% | 3.9% | 4% | 189 | 0.7 miles |
| Prae Wood Primary School | 87% | 4.5% | 3.7% | 446 | 1.0 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 29.57%
- English as an additional language
- 34.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.6%
- Persistent absence
- 19.12%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
St Peter's School0.7 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Killigrew Primary and Nursery School0.7 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans0.7 miles
Primary · St Albans
-
Prae Wood Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · St Albans
Other schools in St Albans
Mandeville Primary School ranks 16th 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 Mandeville Primary School teach?
- Mandeville Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in St Albans.
- Who is the head teacher of Mandeville Primary School?
- The head teacher of Mandeville Primary School is Mrs Cathy Longhurst, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mandeville Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mandeville 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 Mandeville Primary School?
- Mandeville Primary School has 340 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mandeville Primary School full?
- Mandeville Primary School has capacity for 446 pupils and 340 on roll (76%), 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 Mandeville Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mandeville Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mandeville Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mandeville Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Mandeville Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Mandeville Primary School is part of SPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Mandeville Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 54% in 2022/23 and 75% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mandeville Primary School compare with other schools in Hertfordshire?
- Mandeville Primary School ranked 87th of 339 primary schools in Hertfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 78% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mandeville Primary School's absence rate?
- Mandeville Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mandeville Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mandeville 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 15 July 2026.