Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolThe Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in St Albans.

Summary of the comparison

Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School and The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans are primary schools in St Albans.

  • Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School scores 76 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong). The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans is ahead on our composite score.

  • Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School was judged Good and The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 66.0% for Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School and 87.0% for The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has fallen at Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School (76.0% in 2022-23, 66.0% in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans (86.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School versus The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St AlbansAboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt AlbansThe Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB76/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking38th of 391 in Hertfordshire 32nd of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll188 177
Capacity210 210
LocationSt Albans, AL3 5NL St Albans, AL1 1DQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard66.0% 87.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard17.0% 20.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 111.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score107.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census188 177
Free school meals (ever 6)11.7% 4.0%
English as an additional language13.8% 20.9%
SEN support11.2% 4.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.7% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% 3.9% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence9.2% 6.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School

The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

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