Windermere Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.18 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Windermere Primary School is a primary school in St. Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Windermere 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 | 0.18 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.04 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.14 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.18 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.16 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.45 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.33 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.51 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.50 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 48% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 10 first-choice applications for 10 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.18 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
- 40.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 8.5% 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
- Windermere Avenue, St. Albans, AL1 5QP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 134 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “This is a welcoming school, where pupils are happy and feel safe.”
- “Behaviour is generally calm and respectful.”
- “Most pupils behave well, supported by the school’s systems and expectations.”
To improve
- “While some pupils are encouraged to take pride in their work, the school’s expectations for high-quality work are not always applied across subjects and year groups.”
- “This means that some pupils do not yet have regular opportunities to produce their best work.”
- “However, the quality of education remains inconsistent.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 48% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 10 offers in total, 10 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.
- Camp Primary and Nursery School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Infant School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Junior School 0.3 mi Outstanding
- Fleetville Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oakwood Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Peter's School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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