Primary school in St Albans, Hertfordshire
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School, Cecil Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 5EG
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 November 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- Places
- 459
- How full
- 89% full — 410 of 459 places taken
- Girls / boys
- 207 / 203
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for St Albans 011B, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 68%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 7%
- Households owning their home
- 71%
- Households in social housing
- 4%
- Households with no car
- 17%
- Adults economically inactive
- 23%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Yes
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Tess Hackett
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward
- Clarence
- Constituency
- St Albans
- URN
- 151983
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleetville Junior SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 78% | 0.3 mi |
| Fleetville Infant and Nursery SchoolAcademy converter | Outstanding 2023 | — | 0.4 mi |
| Cunningham Hill Junior SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2024 | 87% | 0.4 mi |
| Cunningham Hill Infant SchoolCommunity school | Outstanding 2024 | — | 0.4 mi |
| Camp Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 71% | 0.5 mi |
| Windermere Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 48% | 0.7 mi |
| Maple Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 93% | 0.7 mi |
| St Peter's SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 73% | 0.7 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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