Choosing the right school can be a very difficult decision to make, with a range of factors to take into account.

One of which, is taking a look at each establishment's Ofsted rating, to see how they have been rated by the government department.

Schools can be rated in one of four ways; outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate.

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These ratings are given following Ofsted visits, in which inspectors rate schools on a range of factors.

With that in mind, here's every St Albans primary and secondary school's Ofsted rating as of August 2023:

  • Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School - Good
  • Alban City School - Good
  • Maple Primary School - Good
  • St Albans Independent College - Inadequate
  • The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School - Good
  • Loreto College - Outstanding
  • St Peter's School - Good
  • St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School - Good
  • Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School - Good
  • St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery - Outstanding
  • Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School - Good
  • Heathlands School - Outstanding
  • Batchwood School - Good
  • Bernards Heath Junior School - Outstanding
  • Prae Wood Primary School - Good
  • Verulam School - Good
  • St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School - Good
  • The Marlborough Science Academy - Good
  • Fleetville Junior School - Outstanding
  • Mandeville Primary School - Good
  • Fleetville Infant and Nursery School - Outstanding
  • Watling View School - Good
  • Cunningham Hill Junior School - Outstanding
  • Cunningham Hill Infant School - Outstanding
  • St Albans Girls' School - Outstanding
  • Margaret Wix Primary School - Good
  • Camp Primary and Nursery School - Good
  • Townsend VA Church of England - Good
  • Windermere Primary School - Good
  • Samuel Ryder Academy - Good
  • Killigrew Primary and Nursery School - Good
  • Oakwood Primary School - Outstanding
  • Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School - Good
  • Wheatfields Junior Mixed School - Converted to Academy status
  • Beaumont School - Outstanding
  • St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy - Not yet inspected
  • Sandringham School - Converted to Academy status
  • Skyswood Primary & Nursery School - Outstanding
  • Links Academy - Good
  • Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School - Good
  • Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School - Good
  • How Wood Primary and Nursery School - Good
  • London Colney Primary & Nursery School - Good
  • Sandridge School - Good
  • Bowmansgreen Primary School - Good
  • Saint Bernadette Catholic Primary School - Good
  • Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School - Good
  • Radlett Lodge School - Good 
  • Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School - Good