Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery SchoolSkyswood Primary & Nursery School

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

Summary of the comparison

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School and Skyswood Primary & Nursery School are primary schools in St Albans.

  • Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School scores 75 out of 100 (grade B, strong) and Skyswood Primary & Nursery School scores 88 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Skyswood Primary & Nursery School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School was judged the expected standard and Skyswood Primary & Nursery School was judged exceptional.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Skyswood Primary & Nursery School (84.0% in 2022-23, 87.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School versus Skyswood Primary & Nursery School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St AlbansWheatfields Infants' and Nursery SchoolSt AlbansSkyswood Primary & Nursery SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreB75/100A88/100Stronger figure
Local ranking346th of 391 in Hertfordshire 3rd of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-7 3-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll282 238
Capacity240 210
LocationSt Albans, AL4 9NT St Albans, AL4 9RS
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standardNot reported87.0% 62.0%
At higher standardNot reported37.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled scoreNot reported112.0 106.0
Maths average scaled scoreNot reported110.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census282 238
Free school meals (ever 6)3.8% 0.9%
English as an additional language25.5% 21.0%
SEN support3.5% 5.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 0.8%
Attendance
Overall absence4.2% 2.6% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence8.5% 1.6% 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.

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.

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School

Skyswood Primary & Nursery School

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