Colney Heath Primary School, St Albans
Colney Heath Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in St Albans, part of Spiral Partnership Trust.
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Hertfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Colney Heath Primary School in detail
Results
Colney Heath Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), 85% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Colney Heath Primary School
Across Hertfordshire, 89% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 98% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Hertfordshire lodged 319 appeals against primary school offers; 155 reached a hearing and 21 succeeded (13.5% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Colney Heath Primary School are Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (under 0.1 miles, Good, 85% reading, 85% maths); De Havilland Primary School (1.6 miles, Good, 76% reading, 69% maths); St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green (1.7 miles, Good, 75% reading, 63% maths); and London Colney Primary & Nursery School (1.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 88% maths).
Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery SchoolDe Havilland Primary SchoolSt Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham GreenLondon Colney Primary & Nursery School
The trust
Colney Heath Primary School is one of 7 schools run by Spiral Partnership Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Welham Green Rail Station, about 2.2 miles away in a straight line.
4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crooked Billet PH (near), 150 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 28 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, criminal damage and arson and violence and sexual offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Colney Heath Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), it was rated Good in November 2022. See Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School before it became an academy in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published for Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), the school Colney Heath Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Colney Heath Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 72% to 85% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 69% to 85% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 85% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Keep up with Colney Heath Primary School
Term dates
Colney Heath Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Hertfordshire's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Colney Heath Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Colney Heath Primary School is in Hertfordshire; for families living there:
- Hertfordshire's school travel policy: Read the home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 13
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 2
- Children hurt
- 0
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight.
No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt.
3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Applications and offers at Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School before it became an academy in 2026
Published for Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), the school Colney Heath Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Colney Heath Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
| Entry year | Places offered | First choices | Named at all | First choices per place | First choices not offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 29 | 25 | 44 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 42 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 26 | 23 | 41 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 41 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 30 | 33 | 56 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2020 | 28 | 20 | 43 | 0.7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 29 | 22 | 43 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 30 | 34 | 61 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 25 | 20 | 54 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 28 | 60 | 0.9 | 2 |
| 2015 | 30 | 33 | 69 | 1.1 | 4 |
| 2014 | 29 | 26 | 58 | 0.9 | 0 |
Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school-level file). "Places offered" is the number of offers made on national offer day, which can differ from the school's published admission number.
Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - St Albans
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for St Albans
Across Hertfordshire council
Places available
14,776
Applications
12,543
Got 1st preference
89.1%
Got preferred school
98.4%
All primary applications across Hertfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Absence at Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School before it became an academy in 20262024/25
Published for Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), the school Colney Heath Primary School replaced. There are no figures for Colney Heath Primary School yet, so these are shown separately.
4.8%
Overall absence
17.1%
Persistent absence
181
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Colney Heath Primary School
Questions parents ask about Colney Heath Primary School
Are there exam results for Colney Heath Primary School?
Colney Heath Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it became an academy in 2026, as Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), 85% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Colney Heath Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Colney Heath Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted since it became an academy in April 2026. Before that, as Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School (URN 117145), it was rated Good in November 2022.
What is the catchment area for Colney Heath Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Colney Heath Primary School is oversubscribed, Hertfordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Colney Heath Primary School?
Apply through Hertfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Colney Heath Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Colney Heath Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 13 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 2 serious and 10 slight. No children aged 0 to 15 were among the people hurt. 3 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Hertfordshire is 9 (the median across 590 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Colney Heath Primary School?
Colney Heath Primary School is at High Street, Colney Heath, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0NP.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)