St Alban's Catholic Primary School, East Molesey

Ofsted's report card from its 13 January 2026 inspection grades St Alban's Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 5 strong standard and 2 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve very well at this school."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance at the school is consistently above the national average for all groups of pupils."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of the school's work."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders have consistently high expectations for all pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Pupils benefit from a rich, carefully planned range of opportunities that strongly support their personal development and wellbeing."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The curriculum is ambitious, broad and balanced."

Early years - Expected standard. "The curriculum is carefully planned and coherently sequenced."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should ensure that staff consistently check pupils' number and letter formation with precision, particularly in the early stages of handwriting, and take prompt action to correct any errors".

In its own words: "St Alban's is an Outstanding Catholic Primary School. We strive for excellence in all aspects of our provision driven by our 10/10 learning ethos. We have a well-established reputation for providing an excellent education and for developing fantastic, curious and enthusiastic learners."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, hockey, cricket, tennis, running, dance, choir, ukulele and guitar.

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:35am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Tuesday 17 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Monday 7 December 2026 at 1.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 95% of Year 6 pupils at St Alban's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 92% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 81% and 79% in Surrey and 77% and 75% across England.

Results fell from 100% in reading and 97% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 72 families put St Alban's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 171 named it as one of their preferences, for 60 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 13 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Alban's Catholic Primary School are Chandlers Field Primary Academy (0.3 miles); St Lawrence CofE Aided Junior School, East Molesey (0.5 miles, Good, 86% reading, 89% maths); The Orchard Infant School (0.6 miles, Good); and Hurst Park Primary Academy (0.7 miles, 75% reading, 85% maths).

St Alban's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 2 of them.

St Alban's Catholic Primary School is one of 23 schools run by Xavier Catholic Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

166 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Alban's Catholic Primary School (as of April 2026): 97% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 55% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they would recommend the school (97%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (55%).

6.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 49 pupils (11.7%) received SEN support and 6 (1.4%) 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 social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Hampton Court Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Seymour Road (w-bound), 200 metres away.

In 2024/25, St Alban's Catholic Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 0.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.