What schools serve St. Albans?

There are 59 schools in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, including Flamstead Village School, Markyate Village School and Nursery, Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School, Camp Primary and Nursery School, St Peter's School and more. You can view each school's catchment area guidance and admissions policy on catchment.school.

How many primary and secondary schools are in St. Albans?

St. Albans has 39 primary schools and 8 secondary schools. There are also 12 other schools (such as all-through or special schools) in the area. All data is sourced from the Department for Education's GIAS register.

How do I find out if my address is in a school's catchment area in St. Albans?

To check whether your address falls within a school's catchment area in St. Albans, use the postcode search tool at catchment.school. Catchment area boundaries for St. Albans schools are set by Hertfordshire and reviewed each year. You can also consult the school's admissions policy or contact the Hertfordshire admissions team directly for the most up-to-date boundary maps.

Who sets catchment area boundaries for schools in St. Albans?

Catchment area boundaries for schools in St. Albans are set by Hertfordshire as the admissions authority. Community and voluntary-controlled schools follow the council's published admissions policy, while academies and voluntary-aided schools may set their own. Boundaries are reviewed annually and published each September for the following academic year.

Schools in St. Albans

Reviewed by the catchment.school editorial team · Last updated 15 March 2026

St Albans has 59 schools in the catchment.school database, with 39 primaries and 8 secondaries. Admissions are administered by Hertfordshire County Council, which operates a central co-ordinated scheme using a points-based system that weights distance, siblings, and catchment. Thirteen schools in St Albans are faith schools - Church of England, Roman Catholic and Jewish - with supplementary forms and separate ranking criteria.

Hertfordshire uses 'Central Admission' for secondary schools: families nominate up to six preferences and Hertfordshire ranks each against published criteria. The most oversubscribed secondaries in the St Albans district - including St Albans Girls' School, Sandringham School, and Beaumont School - regularly close their catchments below two miles. Alban City and The Priory School also appear frequently in appeals. Families should obtain Hertfordshire's Secondary Prospectus in September and note that open evenings fill up quickly.

School demand in St. Albans

Across the 54 schools in St. Albans with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 92%. 18 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.

13 schools in St. Albans have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.

21 of the schools in St. Albans are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Hertfordshire, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.

19 of the schools in St. Albans have a current Ofsted rating, of which 19 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.

Primary schools in St. Albans: 10 oversubscribed (39)

Flamstead Village School

Primary · Community school

St. Albans · AL3 8DL

Ages 3-11 101 pupils Capacity 120

Markyate Village School and Nursery

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 8PT

Ages 4-11 220 pupils Capacity 236

Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 4AP

Ages 3-7 291 pupils Capacity 322

Camp Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 5PG

Ages 3-11 224 pupils Capacity 210

St Peter's School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 1HL

Ages 3-11 365 pupils Capacity 450

Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 5NL

Ages 4-11 188 pupils Capacity 210

Bernards Heath Junior School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 5HP

Ages 7-11 352 pupils Capacity 360

Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL4 0NP

Ages 4-11 207 pupils Capacity 240

London Colney Primary & Nursery School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL2 1JG

Ages 3-11 175 pupils Capacity 206

Sandridge School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL4 9EB

Ages 4-11 142 pupils Capacity 236

Bowmansgreen Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL2 1PH

Ages 4-11 335 pupils Capacity 420

Margaret Wix Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 6EL

Ages 3-11 148 pupils Capacity 248

Windermere Primary School

Primary · Community school

St. Albans · AL1 5QP

Ages 4-11 158 pupils Capacity 210

Oakwood Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL4 0XA

Ages 4-11 313 pupils Capacity 315

How Wood Primary and Nursery School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL2 2HU

Ages 3-11 223 pupils Capacity 220

Redbourn Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 7EX

Ages 3-11 394 pupils Capacity 480

Cunningham Hill Junior School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 5QJ

Ages 7-11 240 pupils Capacity 240

Cunningham Hill Infant School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 5QJ

Ages 5-7 180 pupils Capacity 180

Maple Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL1 3SW

Ages 4-11 215 pupils Capacity 210

Prae Wood Primary School

Primary · Community school

St Albans · AL3 4HZ

Ages 3-11 448 pupils Capacity 459