Schools in St Albans

About schools in St Albans

Most of the 55 schools listed in St Albans are primary schools. Its eight secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25

75%

of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 33 schools with published results

Key stage 4, 2024/25

55.0

average Attainment 8 score, across the 11 schools with published results

Nursery schools1

• Muriel Green Nursery School

  Local authority nursery school · Ages 3 to 5

Primary schools35

The figure beside a school is the share of its pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

• Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  66%

  expected standard
• Alban City School

  Free schools · Ages 5 to 11

  77%

  expected standard
• Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 7

• Bernards Heath Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Bowmansgreen Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  41%

  expected standard
• Camp Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• Colney Heath Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

• Cunningham Hill Infant School

  Community school · Ages 5 to 7

• Cunningham Hill Junior School

  Community school · Ages 7 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 7

• Fleetville Junior School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School

  Academy converter · Ages 5 to 11

  69%

  expected standard
• How Wood Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  62%

  expected standard
• Killigrew Primary and Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  78%

  expected standard
• London Colney Primary & Nursery School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  85%

  expected standard
• Mandeville Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  75%

  expected standard
• Maple Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  93%

  expected standard
• Margaret Wix Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  61%

  expected standard
• Markyate Village School and Nursery

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Oakwood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  74%

  expected standard
• Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Prae Wood Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Redbourn Primary School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  67%

  expected standard
• Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  83%

  expected standard
• Sandridge School

  Community school · Ages 4 to 11

  53%

  expected standard
• Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 3 to 11

  80%

  expected standard
• St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery

  Academy converter · Ages 3 to 11

• St Helen's Church of England Primary School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  71%

  expected standard
• St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 4 to 11

  68%

  expected standard
• St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 5 to 11

  81%

  expected standard
• St Peter's School

  Community school · Ages 3 to 11

  73%

  expected standard
• The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 4 to 11

  87%

  expected standard
• Wheatfields Junior Mixed School

  Academy converter · Ages 7 to 11

  87%

  expected standard

Secondary schools8

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Beaumont School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  62.6

  Attainment 8
• Loreto College

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  58.3

  Attainment 8
• Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  56.4

  Attainment 8
• Sandringham School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  65.1

  Attainment 8
• St Albans Girls' School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls

  58.8

  Attainment 8
• The Marlborough Science Academy

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18

  43.4

  Attainment 8
• Townsend Church of England School

  Voluntary aided school · Ages 11 to 18

  46.7

  Attainment 8
• Verulam School

  Academy converter · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys

  52.5

  Attainment 8

All-through schools1

The figure beside a school is its average Attainment 8 score (out of 90) in 2024/25.

• Samuel Ryder Academy

  Academy sponsor led · Ages 4 to 19

  56.5

  Attainment 8

Sixth forms and colleges1

• Oaklands College

  Further education · Ages 16 to 99

Special schools and alternative provision5

• Batchwood School

  Community special school · Ages 11 to 16

• Heathlands School

  Community special school · Ages 3 to 18

• Links Academy

  Academy alternative provision converter · Ages 11 to 16

• St Luke's School

  Foundation special school · Ages 7 to 16

• Watling View School

  Community special school · Ages 2 to 19

Independent schools4

• Beechwood Park School

  Other independent school · Ages 2 to 13

• St Albans Independent College

  Other independent school · Ages 14 to 19

• St Albans School

  Other independent school · Ages 11 to 19 · Boys

• St Columba's College

  Other independent school · Ages 4 to 19

Common questions about schools in St Albans

How many schools are in St Albans?

OfferDay lists 55 schools in St Albans, including 35 primary schools and eight secondary schools.

Who inspects schools in St Albans?

Every school in St Albans is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.

Which are the best schools in St Albans?

OfferDay ranks schools in St Albans where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

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. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.