Maple Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.25 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Maple Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Maple 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 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.35 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.39 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.22 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.21 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.17 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.12 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.16 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.12 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.25 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.44 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place under one of its admission criteria lived 0.25 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and nearer than in 2015.
- 24 first-choice applications for 28 offers in Reception 2026; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the highest of 7 schools: this one and the 6 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire that have results.
- In 2024/25, 93% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 18% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Hall Place Gardens, Maple Primary School, St Albans, AL1 3SW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 214 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 27 January 2026
Strengths
- “Everyone receives a warm welcome at Maple Primary.”
- “Pupils approach new classmates with kindness and respect, creating an inclusive atmosphere from the outset.”
- “They show awareness of the additional support some pupils need, particularly when communicating.”
To improve
- “Recently, leaders have focused on developing assessment, which staff do not yet use consistently.”
- “This now needs to embed further so staff can check pupils’ understanding of knowledge and concepts more precisely.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2026 (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) | 93% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 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.
- Alban City School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bernards Heath Junior School 0.6 mi Good
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Peter's School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
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