High Beeches Primary School
About High Beeches Primary School
High Beeches Primary School in St Albans holds an Ofsted Outstanding rating, a status it has maintained since its most recent graded inspection in 2017 and confirmed in an ungraded inspection in 2023. The school’s leadership and management were also judged Outstanding, while early years provision was rated Good. On the most telling academic metric available, Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined. That figure sits comfortably above the Hertfordshire local authority average of 64% for state primary schools, placing High Beeches in the top 25% of schools nationally for this measure. The school’s ranking within St Albans is 21st out of 40 primary schools, putting it in the 52. 5th percentile locally, though its national percentile of roughly 19th suggests strong performance relative to schools across the country.
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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown
8 Jun 2023Latest monitoring visit (8 Jun 2023): School remains Outstanding
Source: Ofsted, 26 Apr 2017. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.
SEND Support
Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.
School day
Teaching hours
08:40 – 15:15
Source: highbeeches.herts.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.
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