Margaret Wix Primary School

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

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.60 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.22

0.24

0.26

0.21

0.25

0.24

0.34

0.60

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Margaret Wix Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 17 December 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Margaret Wix Primary 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	0.60 mi
Reception 2025	0.34 mi
Reception 2024	0.24 mi
Reception 2023	0.25 mi
Reception 2022	0.21 mi
Reception 2021	0.26 mi
Reception 2020	0.24 mi
Reception 2019	0.22 mi
Reception 2018	0.32 mi
Reception 2017	0.33 mi
Reception 2015	0.33 mi

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

What the figures show

The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 as their nearest school lived 0.60 miles away, and that was the longest of the 11 years with a published distance.
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
In Reception 2026 there were 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
25.7% 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: High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6EL
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 167 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 25.7% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 12.7

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

Ofsted

Improved significantly Inspected 17 December 2024

Strengths

“Pupils excel and thrive here because of the high level of care the school provides.”
“This results in pupils feeling very happy and safe.”
“They become respectful and responsible members of the school.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 January 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)	61%	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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.

Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Bernards Heath Junior School 0.7 mi Good
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Maple Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Alban City School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
Wheatfields Junior Mixed School 1.3 mi School remains Good