St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans
Ofsted: OutstandingVoluntary aided school · Primary
St Albans · AL3 4SJ · Hertfordshire
Ages 5–11
- KS284%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM6.5%
0.5 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Improved significantlyURN 117315
Prae Wood Primary School
Community school · St Albans · AL3 4HZ
Ages 3–11 · 446 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Improved significantly
KS2 expected (RWM)
79%
Overall absence
4.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Improved significantly
Inspection date
2024-12-01
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)79%
Higher standard (RWM)16%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 109.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.8%
Persistent absence (10%+)9.9%
Unauthorised0.3%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 363
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
446 pupils · 459 places
- Pupils on roll
- 446
- Boys / girls
- 218 / 228
- School capacity
- 459
- Capacity fill
- 446 / 459 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 4.4%
- FSM pupils
- 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenny Sheppard
Location
- Address
- King Harry Lane
- Postcode
- AL3 4HZ
- Town
- St Albans
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 3–11, in St Albans, Hertfordshire, 446 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery. Free school meals: 4.4%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Voluntary aided school · Primary
St Albans · AL1 1DQ · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS286%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM3.2%
0.7 miles away
St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
St Albans · AL1 2PB · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence4.4%
- FSM11.7%
0.8 miles away
Killigrew Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextCommunity school · Primary
St Albans · AL2 3HD · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS283%
- Absence4.6%
- FSM7.5%
1.0 miles away
Mandeville Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Primary
St Albans · AL1 2LE · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM29.1%
1.0 miles away
St Peter's School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
St Albans · AL1 1HL · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS248%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM6.0%
1.0 miles away
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
St Albans · AL3 5NL · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS276%
- Absence5.0%
- FSM12.6%
1.1 miles away
Alban City School
Ofsted: School remains GoodFree schools · Primary
St Albans · AL1 3RR · Hertfordshire
Ages 5–11
- KS278%
- Absence4.3%
- FSM9.7%
1.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Jenny Sheppard
- Telephone
- 01727751930