Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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)

0.26

0.39

0.25

0.26

0.23

0.56

0.31

0.46

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Skyswood Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 February 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.

Skyswood Primary & 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	0.31 mi
Reception 2024	0.56 mi
Reception 2023	0.23 mi
Reception 2022	0.26 mi
Reception 2021	0.25 mi
Reception 2020	0.39 mi
Reception 2019	0.26 mi
Reception 2018	0.25 mi
Reception 2017	0.34 mi
Reception 2016	0.28 mi
Reception 2015	0.15 mi

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

What the figures show

For Reception 2026, there were 46 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families were not offered a place.
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 37% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Under one of its admission criteria, the last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.46 miles away, further than in 2025 and in 2015.
0.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 7.6% 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: Chandlers Road, St Albans, AL4 9RS
Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Ages: 3–11
Council: Hertfordshire
Pupils on roll: 230 January 2026 school census
Free school meals: 0.9% of pupils eligible
Pupils per teacher: 20.9

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

Ofsted

Not judged Inspected 4 February 2025

Strengths

“This is a school where pupils get a truly special and wonderful experience.”
“Pupils are happy and are kept safe.”
“They all have a trusted adult who listens to them.”

Safeguarding: Effective

Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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)	87%	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: 46 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 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 John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 0.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
Wheatfields Junior Mixed School 0.4 mi School remains Good
Oakwood Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
Sandridge School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
Bernards Heath Junior School 1.1 mi Good