St Peter's School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.29 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.19

0.41

0.37

0.49

0.33

0.50

0.32

0.29

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St Peter's 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 8 November 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

St Peter's 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	0.29 mi
Reception 2025	0.32 mi
Reception 2024	0.50 mi
Reception 2023	0.33 mi
Reception 2022	0.49 mi
Reception 2021	0.37 mi
Reception 2020	0.41 mi
Reception 2019	0.19 mi
Reception 2018	0.15 mi
Reception 2017	0.19 mi
Reception 2016	0.15 mi
Reception 2015	0.22 mi

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

What the figures show

In 2026 Reception, the last child offered a place lived 0.29 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2015.
In 2024/25, 73% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest among this school and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
Reception 2026: 34 first-choice applications for 38 offers, with every first-choice family offered a place and 4 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
5.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10% 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: Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, AL1 1HL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 392 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 5.6% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 21

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

Ofsted

School remains Good Inspected 8 November 2023

Strengths

“The values of ‘positive, caring and inclusive’ are golden threads that run through every area of the school.”
“Pupils know and understand these values.”
“For example, pupils know that caring is wider than just caring for each other.”

To improve

“However, help for other pupils is of variable quality.”
“Some adults lack the knowledge and skills needed to support all pupils well.”
“They sometimes accept incorrect answers for questions and do not encourage pupils to think carefully about what they are saying.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 December 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)	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: 34 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 34 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.

The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
Alban City School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Maple Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Mandeville Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Cunningham Hill Infant School 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published