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St Peter's School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cottonmill Lane, St Albans AL1 1HL · stpeters.herts.sch.uk · 01727 853075
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hertfordshire 64%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 392
- 87% of 450 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 6%
- First language not English
- 23.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 34 families put the school first and 38 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 38 | 34 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 44 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 58 | 62 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 65 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 74 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | 0.62 mi0.99 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.48 mi0.78 km | |
Every applicant was offered a place (39 allocations for 60 places).
Every applicant was offered a place (51 allocations for 60 places).
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% the higher standard. Across Hertfordshire it was 64%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 November 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for St Peter's School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Nov 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
99% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (130 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 99%
- Replies
- 130
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (11%) with SEND