How Wood Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.47 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
How Wood Primary and Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 March 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
How Wood Primary and 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 | 0.47 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.11 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.76 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 1.22 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.73 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.78 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.53 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.44 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.55 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, under priority for children whose nearest school it is, lived 0.47 miles away: further than in 2025, nearer than in 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 17 first-choice applications for 19 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- There are 16.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 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
- Spooners Drive, Park Street, St Albans, AL2 2HU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 215 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending How Wood School.”
- “They feel safe and are well cared for by staff.”
- “Pupils are polite and friendly to each other and to adults.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, when they do not, pupils’ learning is disrupted.”
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders’ curriculum planning is not as clear.”
- “As a result, teachers are not always sure of the knowledge that pupils should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 62% | 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.
- Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Killigrew Primary and Nursery School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Mandeville Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Prae Wood Primary School 1.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Peter's School 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 1.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
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