Redbourn Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.67 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Redbourn Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Redbourn 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 | 0.67 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.61 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.57 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.54 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.66 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.64 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.56 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.68 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.50 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.47 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026 had 40 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 0.67 miles away, about the same as in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Among 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 3rd lowest.
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
- Long Cutt, Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7EX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 375 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at this school are calm, polite and friendly.”
- “Pupils and staff are supportive and show respect to each other.”
- “This helps to build a positive culture.”
To improve
- “However, mistakes and grammatical errors in pupils’ work are not picked up and addressed quickly enough by the school.”
- “This means these are repeated for too long.”
- “However, for a small number of pupils with SEND, this is not the case.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 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) | 67% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 40 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.
- Flamstead Village School 1.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roundwood Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Brockswood Primary School 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Wood End School 2.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holtsmere End Junior School 2.3 mi School remains Good
- Holtsmere End Infant and Nursery School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Dominic Catholic Primary School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
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