Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is performing exceptionally well, achieving an outstanding overall effectiveness rating in its first section 5 inspection. The school provides a nurturing and supportive environment where pupils thrive academically and socially. Strong leadership and a well-planned curriculum contribute to the high levels of engagement and respect amongst the students. Furthermore, the school has a positive atmosphere that encourages personal development and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities, ensuring all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), make excellent progress.

Strengths

• Exceptional quality of education with outstanding curriculum planning.
• Strong focus on personal development and emotional support.
• Highly effective reading curriculum helping pupils progress rapidly.
• Engaged and well-behaved pupils who support each other and contribute to the school community.
• Robust professional development and staff training enhance teaching quality.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Fleetville Infant and Nursery School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 6.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Fleetville Infant and Nursery School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Fleetville Infant and Nursery School had 24.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 36.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 8.2% of pupils at Fleetville Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Fleetville Infant and Nursery School received £7,179 and spent £6,748 for each of its 286 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £234,000 (£817 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Spiral Partnership Trust, income was £7,761 and spending £7,553 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in St Albans · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is part of Spiral Partnership Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Fleetville Junior School St Albans
• Mandeville Primary School St Albans
• Colney Heath Primary School St Albans
• Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School St Albans
• Springmead Primary School Welwyn Garden City
• Forres Primary Academy Hoddesdon

What is Fleetville Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Fleetville Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Fleetville Infant and Nursery School have?

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School has 304 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fleetville Infant and Nursery School cover?

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Fleetville Infant and Nursery School?

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is at Royal Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 4LX.