Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

St AlbansConstituency

AL4 9RSPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Skyswood Primary & Nursery School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 230 pupils. Skyswood Primary & Nursery School is part of AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 90%
Higher standard: 26%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

14%

Chinese

Any other group

<1%

Pupils

230

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

<1%

England average

27%

First language not English

20%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 230
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)
MAT name: AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
20 Mar 2025	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
12 Dec 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.