St Peter's 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

St Peter's School and The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans are primary schools in St Albans.

  • St Peter's School scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average) 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.

  • St Peter's 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 73.0% for St Peter's 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 risen at St Peter's School (48.0% in 2022-23, 73.0% 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

St Peter's School versus The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St AlbansSt Peter's SchoolSt AlbansThe Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC55/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking218th of 391 in Hertfordshire 32nd of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Voluntary aided school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 4-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll365 177
Capacity450 210
LocationSt Albans, AL1 1HL St Albans, AL1 1DQ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard73.0% 87.0% Stronger figure62.0%
At higher standard13.0% 20.0% Stronger figure8.0%
Reading average scaled score110.0 111.0 Stronger figure106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 109.0 Stronger figure105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census365 177
Free school meals (ever 6)6.1% 4.0%
English as an additional language20.3% 20.9%
SEN support11.8% 4.0%
SEN with an EHC plan1.6% 2.8%
Attendance
Overall absence3.4% Stronger figure3.9% 6.2%
Persistent absence6.3% Stronger figure6.5% 15.8%

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.

St Peter's School

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

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