Cecil Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL1 5EG
10 reasons to choose Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans
Top line
Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans has a Schoolsmith Score® of 70. It is one of the best state primary schools in St Albans and one of the 6 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a Roman Catholic voluntary aided faith school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2023) inspection.
Average class size
Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans has two classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans ranks in the top 12% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, the school achieves above average scores for pupil progress.
The Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans curriculum
School curriculum emphasises Catholic social morality and also includes PSHE, French. The curriculum is subject based and organised by topics. Skills are developed within the subjects with some cross-curricular projects. Accredited Gifted & Talented programme. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for sport.
Sport at Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Ss Alban and Stephen Catholic Primary School, St Albans
St Columba’s College Prep (1.6 miles); Manor Lodge School (4.9 miles); St Albans High School for Girls, Wheathampstead House Prep (5.1 miles).
Fleetville Junior School (0.4 miles); Cunningham Hill Junior School (0.7 miles); Maple Primary School (0.8 miles).
St Albans Independent College (0.7 miles); St Albans High School for Girls (0.8 miles); St Albans School (1.1 miles).
Loreto College (0.4 miles); Beaumont School (1.3 miles); St Albans Girls’ School (1.9 miles).