Windermere Primary SchoolCunningham Hill Infant School

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

Summary of the comparison

Windermere Primary School and Cunningham Hill Infant School are primary schools in St Albans.

  • Windermere Primary School scores 33 out of 100 (grade F, weak) and Cunningham Hill Infant School scores 90 out of 100 (grade A, exceptional). Cunningham Hill Infant School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Windermere Primary School was judged in need of attention and Cunningham Hill Infant School was judged Outstanding.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Windermere Primary School (41.0% in 2022-23, 48.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Windermere Primary School versus Cunningham Hill Infant School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure St AlbansWindermere Primary SchoolSt AlbansCunningham Hill Infant SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreF33/100A90/100Stronger figure
Local ranking336th of 391 in Hertfordshire 324th of 391 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: Requires improvementOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range4-11 5-7
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll158 180
Capacity210 180
LocationSt Albans, AL1 5QP St Albans, AL1 5QJ
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard48.0% Not reported62.0%
At higher standard7.0% Not reported8.0%
Reading average scaled score107.0 Not reported106.0
Maths average scaled score105.0 Not reported105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census158 180
Free school meals (ever 6)35.4% 7.8%
English as an additional language25.3% 41.7%
SEN support7.0% 13.9%
SEN with an EHC plan7.0% 1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence7.8% 3.4% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.0% 3.3% 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.

Windermere Primary School

Cunningham Hill Infant School

Full profiles: Windermere Primary School · Cunningham Hill Infant School