Mount Pleasant Lane Primary School
Mount Pleasant Lane, St Albans, AL2 3XA
200 pupils · 63% of 315 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- SPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Free school meals
- 16.9%
Ofsted
Good (2022) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 October 2022, published 21 November 2022. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 53% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 8% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 22 | 20 | 47 | 21 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 28 | 24 | 54 | 27 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 18 | 18 | 56 | 18 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 28 | 22 | 47 | 25 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 34 | 32 | 62 | 34 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 36 | 35 | 65 | 35 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 34 | 33 | 80 | 34 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 42 | 37 | 89 | 42 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Catherine of Siena Catholic Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Coates Way JMI and Nursery School 1.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Alban Wood Primary School and Nursery 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- The Grove Academy 2.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Leavesden JMI School 2.5 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Kingsway Infants' School 2.6 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.