Camp Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.52 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.56

0.18

0.23

0.55

0.19

0.22

0.59

0.52

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Camp Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 12 July 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Camp Primary 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	0.52 mi
Reception 2025	0.59 mi
Reception 2024	0.22 mi
Reception 2023	0.19 mi
Reception 2022	0.55 mi
Reception 2021	0.23 mi
Reception 2020	0.18 mi
Reception 2019	0.56 mi
Reception 2018	0.47 mi
Reception 2017	0.40 mi
Reception 2016	0.19 mi
Reception 2015	0.49 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2024/25, 71% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 11% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
For Reception 2026 there were 26 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
In 2026 the last Reception place offered to children for whom this is the nearest school went to a family living 0.52 miles away, nearer than in 2025.
Free school meal eligibility is 11.4% of pupils, above the middle figure of 8.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.

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: Camp Road, St Albans, AL1 5PG
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 228 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 11.4% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.5

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023

Strengths

“Pupils are proud of their school.”
“They say lessons are fun and teachers are kind.”
“Pupils trust the adults and the peer mediators to help them sort out any friendship problems.”

To improve

“Pupils do not act on feedback routinely enough.”
“When this happens, some pupils’ misconceptions are not dealt with.”
“Their progress may be slowed as a result.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 September 2023 (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)	71%	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: 26 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 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.

Windermere Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
Cunningham Hill Infant School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Cunningham Hill Junior School 0.3 mi Outstanding
Fleetville Junior School 0.4 mi Good
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Oakwood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
St Peter's School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published