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Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery

URN
144907
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
URN
144907
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

75 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

73

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

59

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of primary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#116 of 322 schools in Hertfordshire

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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  • Recommended application mix
  • Alternative schools
  • Admissions warnings

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

Cannot tell you

  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
25 January 2024
Inspection date
13 December 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 25 January 2024

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 25 January 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

29

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

96

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

29

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

3.31×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hertfordshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Hertfordshire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.albanwood.herts.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hertfordshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

87.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

84.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

81.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

74.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

WD25 7NX - The Brow, Watford, Hertfordshire

Contact details

Address
The Brow, Watford, Hertfordshire
Postcode
WD25 7NX
Phone
1923678240
Website
www.albanwood.herts.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hertfordshire
Local authority code
919

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 986 schools in Hertfordshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

986

Open schools

589

Closed schools

395

Primary schools

614

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 25 January 2024

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 25 January 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 25 January 2024

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 25 January 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    25 January 202413 December 2023S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 25 January 2024
    21 September 202229 June 2022-School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 21 September 2022
    • Good

      Published
      25 January 2024
      Inspected
      13 December 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next

      Published
      21 September 2022
      Inspected
      29 June 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    30.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 27

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    175

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary614 (63.5%)
    • Secondary175 (18.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other178 (18.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Alban Wood Infant and Nursery School0 mPrimaryClosed
    Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery0 mPrimaryClosed
    Alban Wood Junior School213 mPrimaryClosed
    Francis Combe School and Community College569 mSecondaryClosed
    Future Academies Watford569 mSecondaryOpen
    Garston Manor School692 mNot applicableOpen
    High Elms Manor School702 mNot applicableClosed
    Leavesden JMI School804 mPrimaryOpen
    Springfield School820 mNot applicableClosed
    Leavesden Green Junior Mixed School869 mPrimaryClosed
    • Alban Wood Infant and Nursery School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Alban Wood Junior School
      Distance
      213 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Francis Combe School and Community College
      Distance
      569 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Hertfordshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Abbots Langley SchoolPrimaryWD5 0BQOpen
    Abel Smith SchoolPrimarySG13 8AEOpen
    Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolPrimaryAL3 5NLOpen
    Alban City SchoolPrimaryAL1 3RROpen
    Alban Wood Infant and Nursery SchoolPrimaryWD25 7NXClosed
    • Abbots Langley School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      WD5 0BQ
      Status
      Open
    • Abel Smith School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SG13 8AE
      Status
      Open
    • Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      AL3 5NL
      Status
      Open
    • Alban City School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      AL1 3RR
      Status
      Open
    • Alban Wood Infant and Nursery School
    Future Academies Watford
    Distance
    569 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Garston Manor School
    Distance
    692 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • High Elms Manor School
    Distance
    702 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Leavesden JMI School
    Distance
    804 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Springfield School
    Distance
    820 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Leavesden Green Junior Mixed School
    Distance
    869 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    WD25 7NX
    Status
    Closed