Sandridge School

Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.27 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.43

0.33

0.29

0.51

0.31

1.08

0.14

0.27

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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.

Sandridge 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	0.27 mi
Reception 2025	0.14 mi
Reception 2024	1.08 mi
Reception 2023	0.31 mi
Reception 2022	0.51 mi
Reception 2021	0.29 mi
Reception 2020	0.33 mi
Reception 2019	0.43 mi
Reception 2018	0.45 mi
Reception 2017	0.34 mi
Reception 2016	1.13 mi
Reception 2015	0.40 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place as their nearest school lived 0.27 miles away, further than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
In 2024/25, 53% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026 there were 8 first-choice applications for 8 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
24.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire is 7.6%.

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: Woodcock Hill, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9EB
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 4–11
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.

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