Sandridge School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Sandridge School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 26 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Woodcock Hill, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9EB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 26 March 2025
Strengths
- “Everyone is welcome at Sandridge School.”
- “Pupils thrive in this inclusive community.”
- “The many happy, smiling faces reflect pupils’ pride in their school.”
To improve
- “Some pupils say that they would like ‘even more’ opportunities to contribute to the wider school community.”
- “Continuing to improve pupils’ capacity to write at length, for different purposes and audiences, is an ongoing priority.”
- “However, implementation of the high expectations of the school’s approach to pupils’ writing is still embedding in some subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 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) | 53% | 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: 8 first-preference applications, 8 offers in total, 8 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Reception 2015 to 2026, as Hertfordshire published it, drawn on the map
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- Earlier years of exam results
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wheatfields Junior Mixed School 1.0 mi School remains Good
- Skyswood Primary & Nursery School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oakwood Primary School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bernards Heath Junior School 1.8 mi Good
- Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published