Windermere Primary School, St. Albans
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 1 year agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Windermere Primary provides a warm, nurturing environment where children feel safe and enjoy learning through engaging activities like science experiments and historical investigations. The school has strong behaviour systems and supports pupils' personal development through a range of clubs and enrichment activities that help them think about global issues and develop empathy. Staff work closely with families to support attendance and remove barriers to learning.
Key Strengths
- Well-designed reading curriculum with effective strategies to help struggling readers catch up
- Calm, respectful behaviour across the school with positive relationships between staff and pupils
- Broad, well-sequenced curriculum with engaging hands-on activities in science and history
- Strong personal development through clubs, trips, and charitable activities that promote respect and inclusion
- Effective safeguarding arrangements that keep pupils safe
Areas for Improvement
- Teaching does not consistently focus on essential knowledge pupils need to remember, making it harder for them to recall ideas and make connections
- Early reading and phonics provision needs strengthening, with reading books not always matched to pupils' phonics ability
- Support for pupils with SEND is not always closely matched to their individual learning needs
- Teachers do not consistently set high expectations for the quality of pupils' work across all subjects and year groups
- Assessment is not used purposefully enough to check understanding and monitor curriculum impact
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with clear systems in place to keep pupils safe and identify barriers to their wellbeing.
Extracurricular Activities
Clubs, trips, charitable activities, play leader and monitor roles, breakfast club
Windermere Primary School is a welcoming school where pupils are happy and feel safe with generally calm and respectful behaviour. However, the quality of education remains inconsistent, and the school requires improvement in teaching delivery and early years provision.
At a Glance
40.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
26 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 66% to 85%. Maths has improved from 66% to 70%. Writing has remained stable at around 56%.
Class Sizes
22.6
Avg class size
17.3
Infant (KS1)
26.5
KS2
7
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
74%
Available places
134 pupils
180 capacity
46 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - St. Albans
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for St. Albans
Admissions Demand - Hertfordshire
Places available
14,951
Applications
12,834
Got 1st preference
88.0%
Got preferred school
98.2%
Primary admissions across Hertfordshire (2025/26)
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SEN Provision
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
7.80523%
Overall absence
20%
Persistent absence
160
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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