Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–7 · St Albans, Hertfordshire

Last distance offered · Reception 2026

0.46 miles

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

Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)

0.47

0.45

0.40

0.44

0.46

0.47

0.46

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Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 14 December 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Fleetville Infant 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	0.46 mi
Reception 2025	0.47 mi
Reception 2024	0.46 mi
Reception 2023	0.46 mi
Reception 2022	0.44 mi
Reception 2021	0.40 mi
Reception 2020	0.45 mi
Reception 2019	0.47 mi
Reception 2018	0.47 mi
Reception 2017	0.50 mi
Reception 2016	0.45 mi
Reception 2015	0.35 mi

What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment

What the figures show

For Reception 2026 there were 95 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 86 offers went to first-choice families, and 9 first-choice families (9%) were not offered a place.
The last child offered a Reception place in 2026, for children for whom it is the nearest school, lived 0.46 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2015.
4.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 10% 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: Royal Road, St Albans, AL1 4LX
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–7
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 304 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 4.3% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 24.2

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

Ofsted

Outstanding Inspected 14 December 2023

Strengths

“Pupils thrive in this nurturing school.”
“When children join the Nursery or Reception Year, well-trained staff take time to know each child’s unique starting points.”
“Consequently, children settle quickly into school life.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Applications and offers

2026 Reception entry: 95 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 86 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.

Fleetville Junior School 0.1 mi Good
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Camp Primary and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
Cunningham Hill Infant School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Cunningham Hill Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
Oakwood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
Windermere Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published