Mandeville Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · St Albans, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.43 miles
Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Mandeville Primary School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Mandeville 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 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.40 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.42 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.48 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.55 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2017 | 0.43 mi |
| Reception 2016 | 0.46 mi |
| Reception 2015 | 0.41 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Free school meal eligibility is 28.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 10% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Hertfordshire.
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place for whom this was the nearest school lived 0.43 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% 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
- Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 340 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 10 February 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel a strong sense of belonging to this school community.”
- “They benefit from a well-established culture of inclusion.”
- “Pupils, staff and leaders all play their part in shaping the positive ethos that flows through the school.”
To improve
- “However, some groups of pupils are absent for considerable amounts of time.”
- “Even so, some disadvantaged pupils do not attend school as often as they should.”
- “On occasion, inconsistencies in this practice mean that the curriculum in some subjects is not taught as well as it could be.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 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) | 75% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Peter's School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Killigrew Primary and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Prae Wood Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- How Wood Primary and Nursery School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cunningham Hill Infant School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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