Margaret Wix Primary School, St Albans

From the headteacher's welcome: "Margaret Wix Primary School is a successful, vibrant school - a school where children come first. We have a highly motivated, resourceful, and committed team of staff and governors who care about and nurture the needs of every child, inspiring their creativity and brilliance in everything they do."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, cricket, athletics, basketball, swimming, multi-sports, running, dance and drama.

The school runs a breakfast club from 8:10am and after-school care.

Coming up: an admissions event on Tuesday 17 November 2026 and an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 9.30am. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils at Margaret Wix Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 76% in Hertfordshire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 84% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 27 families put Margaret Wix Primary School as their first choice and 45 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Margaret Wix Primary School are Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School (0.5 miles, 78% reading, 81% maths); Bernards Heath Junior School (0.7 miles, Good, 83% reading, 84% maths); Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School (0.9 miles, Good); and Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School (1.1 miles, Good, 83% reading, 86% maths).

Each of them had higher 2025 results than Margaret Wix Primary School.

50 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Margaret Wix Primary School (as of September 2025): 100% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (98%).

25.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (46%), Mixed (14%) and Asian (13%).

In 2026, 29 pupils (17.4%) received SEN support and 27 (16.2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Margaret Wix Primary School has a SEN unit for other difficulties or disabilities, speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

Margaret Wix Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 10 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is St Albans City Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

11 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is High Oaks Terminus (n-bound), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 74 crimes within a mile of the school, most often anti-social behaviour, violence and sexual offences and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Margaret Wix Primary School issued 8 suspensions, 5.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Margaret Wix Primary School are Townsend Church of England School (0.2 miles), St Albans Girls' School (0.4 miles) and Sandringham School (1.5 miles).