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St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School

St Albans, AL1 2PBPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Dec 2022
KS2 Results
86%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
19 1st-choice / 20 places
Ranking
🏆Top 5%
#648 of 13,686 nationally

About St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School

St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School is a state primary in St Albans, Hertfordshire, that sits seventh out of 40 schools in the local authority rankings, placing it comfortably in the top tier of its peers. It is a mixed, Roman Catholic school for children aged 3 to 11, led by headteacher Aideen Porter, with a current roll of 204 pupils against a capacity of 210. The school’s closest top-performing neighbours in the LA include Little Gaddesden Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School and Harvey Road Primary School, both of which share the highest ranking score, followed by The Russell School. St Adrian’s is also within two kilometres of St Michael’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, the nearest Outstanding-rated school in the area. The school’s own most recent graded Ofsted inspection, in 2016, awarded it an overall Good rating, and an ungraded inspection in December 2022 confirmed it remains Good. That marks a clear improvement from its previous graded inspection in 2014, when it was judged to require improvement.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterRoman Catholic
AddressWatling View, St Albans, St Albans, AL1 2PB
HeadteacherAideen Porter
Local AuthorityHertfordshire
Number of Pupils204
Free School Meals (FSM)10.2%
School Capacity204 / 210 (97% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

15 Dec 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Latest monitoring visit (15 Dec 2022): School remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 18 Nov 2016. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

DyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearing

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Breakfast club

07:30-08:45

After-school care

15:15-18:00

Source: stadrians.herts.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.