Harpenden Academy
Ofsted: Improved significantlyFree schools · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 4EL · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS282%
- Absence4.2%
- FSM5.1%
- Demand0.93
0.3 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 151499
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
Academy converter · HARPENDEN · AL5 1PF
Ages 3–11 · 232 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Outstanding
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2023-11-22
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill97%
232 pupils · 240 places
- Pupils on roll
- 232
- Boys / girls
- 121 / 111
- School capacity
- 240
- Capacity fill
- 232 / 240 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 2.6%
- FSM pupils
- 6
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynn Wilson
Location
- Address
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School, Southdown Road
- Postcode
- AL5 1PF
- Town
- HARPENDEN
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in HARPENDEN, Hertfordshire, 232 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 2.6%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Westminster.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 2TP · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS268%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM4.0%
- Demand0.86
0.5 miles away
Crabtree Infants' School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5PU · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–7
- Absence3.0%
- FSM1.7%
- Demand1.44
0.5 miles away
Crabtree Junior School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5PU · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
- KS285%
- Absence3.7%
- FSM0.8%
0.5 miles away
The Grove Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 1QB · Hertfordshire
Ages 7–11
- KS277%
- Absence3.4%
- FSM9.1%
0.6 miles away
High Beeches Primary School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 5SD · Hertfordshire
Ages 5–11
- KS275%
- Absence3.0%
- FSM3.3%
- Demand1.20
0.6 miles away
The Grove Infant and Nursery School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 1QD · Hertfordshire
Ages 3–7
- Absence4.1%
- FSM2.6%
- Demand0.84
0.7 miles away
Manland Primary School
Ofsted: School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextCommunity school · Primary
Harpenden · AL5 4QW · Hertfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS287%
- Absence3.8%
- FSM3.4%
- Demand1.20
0.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lynn Wilson
- Telephone
- 01582760047