Markyate Village School and Nursery

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.66 miles

Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.72

0.50

0.49

0.72

0.86

0.95

0.67

0.66

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Markyate Village School and Nursery is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 28 January 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Markyate Village School and Nursery catchment area: last distance offered

Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.

Entry	Last distance offered
Reception 2026	0.66 mi
Reception 2025	0.67 mi
Reception 2024	0.95 mi
Reception 2023	0.86 mi
Reception 2022	0.72 mi
Reception 2021	0.49 mi
Reception 2020	0.50 mi
Reception 2019	0.72 mi
Reception 2018	0.59 mi
Reception 2017	0.65 mi
Reception 2016	0.67 mi
Reception 2015	0.64 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception in 2026, Markyate had 32 first-choice applications for 29 offers, with 25 offers going to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families not offered a place.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.66 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).

Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.

Key facts

Address: Cavendish Road, Markyate, St Albans, AL3 8PT
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 211 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21

Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 28 January 2025

Strengths

“Pupils are proud to attend this friendly and welcoming school.”
“The school sets ambitious expectations for pupils.”
“Pupils work hard in lessons, enjoy learning and achieve well.”

To improve

“Other areas of the curriculum are at an earlier stage of implementation.”
“The school’s approach to teaching writing is less well developed.”
“While pupils write regularly, the expectations in terms of how letters are formed and sentences constructed are not always clear or consistent.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Exam results

Measure	School	England
Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25)	73%	62%

Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 32 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 25 offers to first-preference applicants.

Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.

Nearby primary schools

Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.

Flamstead Village School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Gaddesden Row JMI School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
Redbourn Primary School 3.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
Great Gaddesden Church of England Primary School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Wood End School 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Brockswood Primary School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Roundwood Primary School 4.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Holtsmere End Junior School 4.3 mi School remains Good