St Alban's Catholic Primary School

About St Alban's Catholic Primary School

St Alban's Catholic Primary School in Elmbridge, Surrey, stands well above the local authority average for primary schools. In its most recent Key Stage 2 results, 93% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Surrey average of 66%. That is a gap of 27 percentage points. The school also performs strongly at the higher standard: 52% of pupils achieved a higher score in maths, and 58% did so in reading. These figures place St Alban's first out of 21 primary schools in Elmbridge and in the top 1% nationally. The school is Roman Catholic, mixed-gender, and state-funded, with 415 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420. Just 4.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, which is notably low and reflects the local demographic.

Ofsted inspected St Alban's in November 2021 and rated it Outstanding across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This is an upgrade from its previous Good rating. The school has no sixth form, as it is a primary, but its Key Stage 2 outcomes are consistently strong. Average scaled scores were 111 in reading and 110 in maths, both above the national average. Writing is a relative weaker spot: only 2% of pupils reached the higher standard, though 93% met the expected level. The school ranks fourth in Surrey overall when compared with all 298 primary schools in the county, and it is one of 33 Outstanding primaries in the LA. For context, the nearest Outstanding-rated primary is Long Ditton St Mary's CofE Junior School, 3.3 km away.

The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 60 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 182 applications, a ratio of 3.03 applicants per place. Of 75 first-preference applications, 58 received offers. Families should be prepared for a competitive admissions process. Facilities include a sensory room, chapel, library, ICT suite, gymnasium, playing fields, and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, gymnastics, cricket, netball, and cross country, while clubs range from choir and book club to coding, gardening, and science club. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, speech and language needs, social and emotional mental health, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a high-performing Catholic primary that suits families prioritising strong academic outcomes and a faith-based environment, but its popularity means early application is essential.

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