School admissions in St Albans

How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.

Reception places, September 2026

35 schools. 7 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Skyswood Primary & Nursery SchoolSt Albans	1.53	30	803.4 m (≈0.50 mi) 2026
The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans	1.36	28	not published
Cunningham Hill Infant SchoolSt Albans	1.32	59	989.06 m (≈0.61 mi) 2026
Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt Albans	1.13	30	560.51 m (≈0.35 mi) 2021
Markyate Village School and NurserySt Albans	1.10	29	2874.76 m (≈1.79 mi) 2026
Fleetville Infant and Nursery SchoolSt Albans	1.07	89	1185.82 m (≈0.74 mi) 2026
Samuel Ryder AcademySt Albans	1.05	60	934.18 m (≈0.58 mi) 2020
Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant SchoolSt Albans	1.00	26	938.93 m (≈0.58 mi) 2022
Park Street Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolSt Albans	1.00	22	not published
Sandridge SchoolSt Albans	1.00	8	not published
St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary SchoolSt Albans	1.00	21	not published
St Helen's Church of England Primary SchoolSt Albans	1.00	29	not published
Windermere Primary SchoolSt. Albans	1.00	10	542.36 m (≈0.34 mi) 2020
Killigrew Primary and Nursery SchoolSt Albans	0.98	59	3308 m (≈2.06 mi) 2025
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & NurserySt Albans	0.98	42	not published
Redbourn Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.98	41	3612.84 m (≈2.24 mi) 2022
Mandeville Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.96	28	2342.94 m (≈1.46 mi) 2017
Margaret Wix Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.96	28	not published
Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery SchoolSt. Albans	0.95	40	1404.69 m (≈0.87 mi) 2025
Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery SchoolSt Albans	0.95	55	3174.61 m (≈1.97 mi) 2023
Bowmansgreen Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.94	33	2884.91 m (≈1.79 mi) 2015
Beech Hyde Primary School and NurserySt. Albans	0.94	16	not published
Saint Bernadette Voluntary Catholic Primary AcademySt Albans	0.93	30	not published
Mount Pleasant Lane Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.91	22	1612.96 m (≈1.00 mi) 2018
Alban City SchoolSt Albans	0.91	53	535.86 m (≈0.33 mi) 2019
How Wood Primary and Nursery SchoolSt Albans	0.89	19	1235.16 m (≈0.77 mi) 2025
London Colney Primary & Nursery SchoolSt Albans	0.89	19	not published
St Peter's SchoolSt Albans	0.89	38	990.08 m (≈0.62 mi) 2024
Prae Wood Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.89	55	1826.1 m (≈1.13 mi) 2025
Camp Primary and Nursery SchoolSt Albans	0.87	30	1477.46 m (≈0.92 mi) 2022
Flamstead Village SchoolSt. Albans	0.87	15	2940.65 m (≈1.83 mi) 2025
St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St AlbansSt Albans	0.87	30	not published
Maple Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.86	28	757.71 m (≈0.47 mi) 2025
Oakwood Primary SchoolSt Albans	0.82	45	1045.5 m (≈0.65 mi) 2025
St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademySt Albans	0.80	5	not published

First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.

Year 7 places, September 2026

9 schools. 3 received more first preferences than they had places.

School	First preferences per place	Places	Cutoff distance
Sandringham SchoolSt Albans	1.45	233	1013.94 m (≈0.63 mi) 2026
Beaumont SchoolSt Albans	1.28	225	not published
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic SchoolSt Albans	1.14	170	not published
Samuel Ryder AcademySt Albans	1.00	140	not published
St Albans Girls' SchoolSt Albans	0.90	240	not published
Loreto CollegeSt Albans	0.88	146	not published
The Marlborough Science AcademySt Albans	0.77	235	not published
Townsend Church of England SchoolSt Albans	0.48	168	not published
Verulam SchoolSt Albans	0.43	184	not published