How Wood Primary and Nursery School
Spooners Drive, St Albans, AL2 2HU
215 pupils · 98% of 220 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 12.8%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 2 March 2023, published 17 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 62% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 4% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 19 | 17 | 65 | 19 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 30 | 31 | 81 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 30 | 30 | 84 | 30 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 30 | 27 | 73 | 30 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 25 | 25 | 72 | 25 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 28 | 93 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 30 | 28 | 97 | 29 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 26 | 25 | 83 | 26 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School 0.3 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Killigrew Primary and Nursery School 1.4 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Mandeville Primary School 1.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School 2 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School 2.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Prae Wood Primary School 3 km · Improved significantly (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.