Harpenden Academy
25 Vaughan Road, Harpenden AL5 4EL
- Pupils
- 214
- Free school meals
- 6.5%
- SEN
- 14%
- EAL
- 17.3%
- Attendance
- 95.2%
- Persistent absence
- 12.6%
- Attainment
- 79% met expected standard (KS2)
Schools in AL5 postcode district
Schools in postcode district AL5. Add your full home postcode below for distance filtering and a your neighbourhood comparison with the wider AL5 area.
Covers: Harpenden, Harpenden Town, Manland, and Roundwood
Add your home postcode in the green box below. Until then, distances use the centre of AL5. The list starts at 3 miles — you can change that. Not an official school catchment.
Neighbourhood & area context
Three levels help you compare places: your neighbourhood (your full postcode), postcode district AL5 (schools and local averages on this page), and St Albans (wider council census and crime — background only, not your street). We only show rows we actually hold.
Add your full home postcode in the green box above to see how your street compares with postcode district AL5 and St Albans.
Postcode district AL5
Schools and figures for this postcode district — the same AL5 bucket as the map and school list (before your distance filter).
- Schools in district
- 18 (13 primary, 4 secondary)
- Average attendance
- 96.7%
- Average free school meals
- 6.4%
- Average SEN
- 12.3%
- Average EAL
- 13.8%
- Deprivation around local schools
- Less deprived than average for England
- Average house price
- £609,646 (-5.3% year on year)
- Flood risk
- Low
- Broadband
- Gigabit available (91%+ premises, 300+ Mbps)
- Green space
- Good – parks and playing fields within walking distance
- Council tax
- Typical band D–E
Wider area: St Albans
Census and crime for St Albans (local council within Hertfordshire). Useful context for the borough or council — not broken down to your village or street.
- Population
- 148,173
- Households
- 56,926
- Aged under 18
- 24.3%
- Aged 16–64 (approx.)
- 58.5%
- Aged 65+
- 17.2%
- Ethnicity
- White 84%, Asian 8%, Mixed 4%
- Crimes (estimated)
- 4,756
- Crimes per 1,000 (estimated)
- 32.1
About these figures: School data mostly from 2024–25. Wider-area lines use Census 2021 for St Albans. Crime figures are rough estimates, not police records for your postcode.
Map of schools in this area
The map shows 18 schools in postcode district AL5. Numbered circles group nearby schools — click to zoom in. Use the list beside the map, a pin, or Show on map on a school card below.
How far from the AL5 centre?
Pick a radius to control which schools appear in the list below. Only schools whose postcode is in AL5 are included — we measure the straight-line distance from AL5 centre. Add your home postcode above to search by distance from your address across nearby districts.
Show schools within:
3 miles is selected by default. Add your home postcode at the top to measure from your address instead of the district centre. Try 1 mile or 1.5 miles for a shorter list, 3 miles for a wider search, or All in district for every AL5 school regardless of distance. Straight-line distance only — not walking, driving, or an official catchment area.
Schools (within 3 miles of AL5 centre)
Sorted by distance from AL5 centre, nearest first. Use the buttons above to change how far out we look, or show the whole of AL5. Each card shows straight-line miles, Ofsted rating and key statistics.
Manland Primary School
Sauncey Avenue, Harpenden AL5 4QW
- Pupils
- 203
- Free school meals
- 3%
- SEN
- 8.4%
- EAL
- 19.2%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 3.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 87% met expected standard (KS2)
St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School
Church Green, Harpenden AL5 2TP
- Pupils
- 154
- Free school meals
- 3.9%
- SEN
- 7.1%
- EAL
- 16.2%
- Attendance
- 97.4%
- Persistent absence
- 1.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 79% met expected standard (KS2)
Crabtree Infants' School
Crabtree Lane, Harpenden AL5 5PU
- Pupils
- 180
- Free school meals
- 2.2%
- SEN
- 5%
- EAL
- 25%
- Attendance
- 97%
- Persistent absence
- 2.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- –
Crabtree Junior School
Crabtree Lane, Harpenden AL5 5PU
- Pupils
- 256
- Free school meals
- 0.4%
- SEN
- 14.8%
- EAL
- 14.5%
- Attendance
- 97.5%
- Persistent absence
- 2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 75% met expected standard (KS2)
St Dominic Catholic Primary School
St Dominic Catholic Primary School, Southdown Road, HARPENDEN AL5 1PF
- Pupils
- –
- Free school meals
- –
- SEN
- –
- EAL
- –
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
High Beeches Primary School
Aldwickbury Crescent, Harpenden AL5 5SD
- Pupils
- 418
- Free school meals
- 4.3%
- SEN
- 12.2%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 3.2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 77% met expected standard (KS2)
The Lea Primary School and Nursery
Moorland Road, Harpenden AL5 4LE
- Pupils
- 227
- Free school meals
- 10.7%
- SEN
- 18.1%
- EAL
- 19.8%
- Attendance
- 96%
- Persistent absence
- 12.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 93% met expected standard (KS2)
Sauncey Wood Primary School
Pickford Hill, Harpenden AL5 5HL
- Pupils
- 169
- Free school meals
- 27.8%
- SEN
- 30.2%
- SEN provision
- SEN unit
- EAL
- 16.6%
- Attendance
- 96.2%
- Persistent absence
- 7.6%
- Admissions
- About average
- Attainment
- 56% met expected standard (KS2)
The Grove Junior School
Dark Lane, Harpenden AL5 1QB
- Pupils
- 355
- Free school meals
- 9%
- SEN
- 16.9%
- EAL
- 12.1%
- Attendance
- 97.4%
- Persistent absence
- 2.8%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 80% met expected standard (KS2)
The Grove Infant and Nursery School
Dark Lane, Harpenden AL5 1QD
- Pupils
- 265
- Free school meals
- 2.4%
- SEN
- 11.7%
- EAL
- 8.3%
- Attendance
- 97.6%
- Persistent absence
- 1.6%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- –
Roundwood Primary School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden AL5 3AD
- Pupils
- 333
- Free school meals
- 1.9%
- SEN
- 13.8%
- EAL
- 8.4%
- Attendance
- 97%
- Persistent absence
- 3.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 69% met expected standard (KS2)
Wood End School
Yeomans Avenue, Harpenden AL5 3EF
- Pupils
- 460
- Free school meals
- 1.8%
- SEN
- 4.8%
- EAL
- 8.9%
- Attendance
- 97.2%
- Persistent absence
- 3.3%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- 82% met expected standard (KS2)
Sir John Lawes School
Manland Way, Harpenden AL5 4QP
- Pupils
- 1356
- Free school meals
- 8.9%
- SEN
- 14.2%
- EAL
- 12.2%
- Attendance
- 96.2%
- Persistent absence
- 7.2%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 62.7
St George's School
Sun Lane, Harpenden AL5 4TD
- Pupils
- 1362
- Free school meals
- 3.8%
- SEN
- 7%
- EAL
- 19.6%
- Attendance
- 95.1%
- Persistent absence
- 9.4%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 64
Katherine Warington School
Lower Luton Road, Harpenden AL5 5FH
- Pupils
- 1017
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- SEN
- 19.2%
- EAL
- 7.1%
- Attendance
- 97.3%
- Persistent absence
- 4.6%
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 56.2
Roundwood Park School
Roundwood Park, Harpenden AL5 3AE
- Pupils
- 1437
- Free school meals
- 7.4%
- SEN
- 5.3%
- EAL
- 8.3%
- Attendance
- 95.7%
- Persistent absence
- 6.5%
- Admissions
- Usually oversubscribed
- Attainment
- Attainment 8: 59.9
Batford Nursery School
Holcroft Road, Harpenden AL5 5BQ
- Pupils
- 78
- Free school meals
- 0%
- SEN
- 6.4%
- EAL
- 10.3%
- Attendance
- –
- Attainment
- –
Guide to school and area statistics
A short key for the statistics shown on this page for AL5. We have not listed house prices, broadband, green space or similar extras here unless they appear in the neighbourhood and area context section.
School listings
What you see on each school card
Only fields that appear on at least one school on this page are listed. Hover a stat row when you see a question mark for a one-line reminder.
- School type
- How the school is run — for example academy, council-maintained, voluntary aided or free school.
- Trust
- The multi-academy trust or sponsor running the school, where it is an academy.
- Age range
- Year groups on roll — for example 4–11 for primary, or 11–18 with sixth form.
- Ofsted
- Latest published inspection grade, inspection date where we have it, and a link to the school’s page on the Ofsted reports site.
- Straight-line miles
- Distance as the crow flies from your home postcode when you have entered one, otherwise from the middle of this district. Not walking or driving time.
- Walking, cycling and park-and-stride hints
- Rough bands from straight-line miles: about 1 mile or less may suit walking; about 1–2.5 miles we show cycling and park-and-stride; over about 2.5 miles park-and-stride only. Not checked routes or journey times.
- Pupils
- Number of pupils on roll from published school census data.
- Free school meals
- Share of pupils eligible for free school meals.
- SEN
- Share of pupils with SEN support or an Education, Health and Care plan.
- SEN provision
- Extra on-site support such as a resourced provision or SEN unit.
- English as an additional language (EAL)
- Share of pupils whose first language is not English, where recorded.
- Attendance
- Share of possible sessions attended. Higher is better.
- Persistent absence
- Share of pupils missing 10% or more of sessions. Lower is better.
- Admissions pressure
- Indicative label from recent applications versus places — oversubscribed, about average or often has spaces.
- Attainment
- Primary: share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (Key Stage 2). Secondary: Progress 8. A dash means nothing was published for that school.
- Attainment vs local
- Compares each school’s headline to others of the same phase on this page — above, below or about average for the district.
Area overview
What you see in the area overview
Matches the two blocks above — postcode district first, then the wider council area.
- Area rating (stars)
- A simple 1–5 guide from deprivation around schools here — not Ofsted grades. Recorded crime can nudge the score when we have it; estimates do not.
- Schools in district
- How many schools are in this postcode district, split by primary and secondary.
- Average attendance
- Mean attendance across schools here with published absence data.
- Average free school meals
- Mean free school meals eligibility across schools here with published data.
- Average SEN
- Mean SEN percentage across schools here with published data.
- Average EAL
- Mean English as an additional language percentage where published.
- Deprivation
- How deprived neighbourhoods around schools here are compared with England (official deprivation index, shown as bands 1–10 where 1 is most deprived and 10 is least deprived).
- Average house price
- Typical sold prices for this postcode district where we have them — street-by-street prices vary.
- Flood risk
- Indicative summary — check Environment Agency maps for a specific address.
- Broadband
- General picture of speeds and availability — check with providers at your address.
- Green space
- Brief summary of access to parks or countryside nearby.
- Council tax
- Typical band for the area — your exact band depends on the property.
- Your home neighbourhood
- When you enter your full home postcode, we compare deprivation for your small area with the typical area around schools in this district.
- Population, households, ethnicity and age
- Census figures for the local council area — not your street or this postcode district alone.
- Crime figures
- Often a rough council-wide estimate, not police records for your postcode. Badges compare to the national average when we have recorded data.
Using this page
Using this page
Tools on this page for narrowing schools and understanding distances.
- Distance filter
- Controls which schools appear in the list — 1, 1.5, 2 or 3 miles, or every school in this district. Not an admissions catchment.
- About these figures
- School and Ofsted data from official releases. The area overview splits postcode-district figures from wider council context, with dates at the bottom of that panel.