Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School

About Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School

Aldbury Church of England Primary and Nursery School holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023, a grade it has maintained consistently across both its graded inspections. The school’s most informative exam metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 50% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school below the Hertfordshire local authority average of 64%, and it ranks 268th out of 401 primary schools of the same type in the county. In the Dacorum borough, it sits 34th out of 47 schools, putting it in the bottom half locally. Nationally, the school ranks in the 77th percentile, meaning roughly a quarter of primary schools across England perform better on this measure. The data suggests that while Aldbury is a solidly Good school, its academic outcomes at Key Stage 2 are not among the strongest in the area.

Looking deeper at the individual subject scores, reading is the strongest area: 79% of pupils reached the expected standard and 29% achieved the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 104. Writing saw 71% at expected and just 7% at higher, while maths had 57% at expected, 14% at higher, and an average score of 102. Only 7% of pupils hit the higher standard across all three subjects combined. Progress scores are not available for reading, writing or maths, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The Ofsted breakdown from 2023 awarded Good across all five categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — so inspectors found no significant weaknesses in any area, even if the exam results are modest compared with the local average.

The school is a small Church of England primary with nursery provision, serving 109 pupils against a capacity of 120, and it is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 57 applications for 14 places, with 12 first-preference offers made. Facilities include a chapel, sensory room, art studios, music rooms, gymnasium and playing fields, and clubs range from film and art to book club and gardening. Sports offered are rounders, football, cricket and swimming. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health, speech and language needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With 9.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is slightly below the national average. This school will suit families who value a small, church-affiliated village school with a strong pastoral and SEND offer, but who are comfortable with academic results that sit below the county average.

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