Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–7 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.51 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.54

0.46

0.55

0.50

0.47

0.51

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Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 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	0.51 mi
Reception 2025	0.51 mi
Reception 2024	0.47 mi
Reception 2023	0.47 mi
Reception 2022	0.50 mi
Reception 2021	0.55 mi
Reception 2020	0.46 mi
Reception 2019	0.54 mi
Reception 2018	0.51 mi
Reception 2017	0.52 mi
Reception 2016	0.40 mi
Reception 2015	0.54 mi

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

What the figures show

Reception 2026 had 52 first-choice applications for 55 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In Reception 2026, the last child offered a place under its nearest-school criterion lived 0.51 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and in 2015, though the distance swung sharply between some years.
6.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 8%.
The school has 19.6 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 22.2.

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: 154 Sandridge Road, St Albans, AL1 4AP
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 279 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 6.8% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 19.6

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

Ofsted

No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026

Strengths

“Pupils love coming to school and arrive with enthusiasm at the start of the day.”
“They build positive relationships with the kind and caring school staff, who greet them with warmth.”
“Pupils know that they are all unique and therefore special.”

To improve

“However, some groups have lower attendance than others.”
“Leaders have identified that pupils' writing could be further strengthened.”
“There is some variability in the precision and effectiveness of additional support for a few pupils.”

Safeguarding: met

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 52 first-preference applications, 55 offers in total, 52 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.

Bernards Heath Junior School 0.2 mi Good
Maple Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Alban City School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Fleetville Junior School 0.9 mi Good