London Colney Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.71 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
London Colney Primary & 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 3 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
London Colney Primary & 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 | 0.71 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.83 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.69 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.77 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.24 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.23 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.22 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.27 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.11 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.67 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%).
- There were 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers for Reception in 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- For Reception in 2026 the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.71 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and similar to 2015.
- 32.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 11.4%.
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
- Alexander Road, London Colney, St Albans, AL2 1JG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 156 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this friendly, inclusive school.”
- “They have warm, respectful relationships with each other and with the adults who help them.”
- “Pupils are helped to overcome challenges and reach their full potential.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, the way in which teachers present the learning is not matched carefully enough to the needs of their pupils or leaders’ preferred approaches.”
- “This means that some pupils struggle to answer questions.”
- “They may not be able to apply what they have learned independently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 April 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) | 85% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 19 offers in total, 17 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.
- Bowmansgreen Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Windermere Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Infant School 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Junior School 1.5 mi Outstanding
- Camp Primary and Nursery School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Clore Shalom School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Colney Heath Primary School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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