St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

HertfordshireVoluntary aided school

St Michael's Street, St Albans, AL3 4SJ

Headteacher: Mrs Lisa FinneganSchool website ↗Pupils: 198 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected July 2024
81%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected July 2024
93%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 16 July 2024Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
81.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
16.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 87%·Writing 87%·Maths 87%All three 81%
Reading
Expected87%
Exceeding55%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected87%
Exceeding26%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected87%
Exceeding55%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
30
How many families wanted this school first?
28
How many got their first choice?
26of 28 (92.9%)
How many applied in total?
80

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
19.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
29.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
19.0%
Boys and girls
55%girls·45%boys
108 girls, 90 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 84% (2022/23), currently 81%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1655.0%15.0%+0.6+2.2-2.1
2016/1759.0%5.0%+0.9-2.2-1.4
2017/1881.0%5.0%+1.4-0.6-0.5
2018/1977.0%23.0%+6.5+3.0+1.5
2022/2384.0%24.0%+3.0+2.6+0.4
2023/2484.0%13.0%---
2024/2581.0%16.0%---
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