Cunningham Hill Infant School

Primary · Community school · Ages 5–7 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.41 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.46

0.41

0.51

0.39

0.42

0.40

0.42

0.41

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Cunningham Hill Infant School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 5–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 30 January 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Cunningham Hill Infant 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	0.41 mi
Reception 2025	0.42 mi
Reception 2024	0.40 mi
Reception 2023	0.42 mi
Reception 2022	0.39 mi
Reception 2021	0.51 mi
Reception 2020	0.41 mi
Reception 2019	0.46 mi
Reception 2018	0.41 mi
Reception 2017	0.44 mi
Reception 2016	0.46 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 78 first-choice applications for 59 offers: 59 offers went to first-choice families, and 19 first-choice families (24%) were not offered a place.
The last Reception 2026 offer went to a child living 0.41 miles away, under one of its admission criteria, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
10% 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: Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5QJ
Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
Ages: 5–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 180 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 10% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.5

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 30 January 2024

Strengths

“This is because there are many caring and skilled adults who are there to help them.”
“Adults are highly ambitious for every pupil.”
“They make expectations clear and consistent for pupils, showing kindness.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 59 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.

Cunningham Hill Junior School 0.0 mi Outstanding
Camp Primary and Nursery School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Windermere Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Fleetville Junior School 0.5 mi Good
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
St Peter's School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Oakwood Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published