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

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

HertfordshireLocal Authority

St AlbansConstituency

AL1 1DQPostcode

8.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Hertfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 189 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 90%
Higher standard: 17%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

71%

Asian

Black

Mixed

15%

Chinese

Any other group

Pupils

189

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

17%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 189
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Improved significantly

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
22 Oct 2019	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

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.