Schools and Education in Ayres End

There are 96 schools within 5 miles of Ayres End town centre, including 54 primary and 13 secondary schools. Of those inspected by Ofsted, 100% are rated Good or Outstanding. Notable Outstanding schools include The Grove Infant and Nursery School, High Beeches Primary School and Crabtree Infants' School.

Total Schools
96
Primary
54
Secondary
13
Good / Outstanding
100%

Ofsted Ratings Overview

16
49
Outstanding (16) Good (49) Not yet inspected (31)
The Grove Infant and Nursery School Primary 0.7 miles Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QD Inspected: 18 December 2023 High Beeches Primary School Primary 1.1 miles Aldwickbury Crescent, Harpenden, AL5 5SD Inspected: 17 July 2023 Crabtree Infants' School Primary 1.3 miles Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5PU Inspected: 19 March 2024 Crabtree Junior School Primary 1.3 miles Crabtree Lane, Harpenden, AL5 5PU Inspected: 16 January 2024 Sir John Lawes School Secondary 1.8 miles Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP Inspected: 23 May 2023 Batford Nursery School Nursery 1.9 miles Holcroft Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BQ Inspected: 15 June 2023 Roundwood Park School Secondary 2.5 miles Harpenden, AL5 3AE Inspected: 16 January 2024 Heathlands School Not applicable 2.5 miles Heathlands Drive, St Albans, AL3 5AY Inspected: 21 March 2023 Wood End School Primary 3 miles Yeomans Avenue, Harpenden, AL5 3EF Inspected: 31 January 2024 SA4 Redbourn and Villages Family Centre 3.3 miles Long Cutt, Long Cutt, Redbourn, AL3 7EX Inspected: 07 August 2014 St Michael's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans Primary 3.4 miles Hemel Hempstead Road, St Albans, AL3 4SJ Inspected: 16 September 2024 Cunningham Hill Junior School Primary 3.8 miles Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5QJ Inspected: 11 June 2024 Cunningham Hill Infant School Primary 3.8 miles Cell Barnes Lane, St Albans, AL1 5QJ Inspected: 11 March 2024 Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School Secondary 3.9 miles Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT Inspected: 19 January 2024 Lakeside School Not applicable 4.4 miles Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YN Inspected: 20 September 2023 Birchwood Nursery School Nursery 4.8 miles Birchway, Crawford Road, Hatfield, AL10 0PD Inspected: 28 March 2024
The Grove Junior School Primary 0.8 miles Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QB Inspected: 02 February 2023 St Helen's Church of England Primary School Primary 1.4 miles Brewhouse Hill, Wheathampstead, St Albans, AL4 8AN Inspected: 09 July 2024 Harpenden Academy Primary 1.6 miles Vaughan Road, Harpenden, AL5 4EL Inspected: 10 March 2025 Katherine Warington School Secondary 1.7 miles Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH Inspected: 25 April 2024 SA1 Lamer Fields Family Centre 1.7 miles Nurseries Road, Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, AL4 8TP Inspected: 26 November 2014 Beech Hyde Primary School and Nursery Primary 1.7 miles Nurseries Road, Wheathampstead, St. Albans, AL4 8TP Inspected: 15 November 2022 St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School Primary 1.8 miles Church Green, Harpenden, AL5 2TP Inspected: 26 May 2022 Sandridge School Primary 1.8 miles Woodcock Hill, Sandridge, St Albans, AL4 9EB Inspected: 06 May 2025 Manland Primary School Primary 1.9 miles Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QW Inspected: 01 July 2024 Townsend Church of England School Secondary 1.9 miles Sparrowswick Ride, St Albans, AL3 6DR Inspected: 07 March 2024 Margaret Wix Primary School Primary 2 miles High Oaks, St Albans, AL3 6EL Inspected: 17 January 2025 Roundwood Primary School Primary 2.4 miles Harpenden, AL5 3AD Inspected: 23 November 2021 Bernards Heath Junior School Primary 2.4 miles Watson Avenue, St Albans, AL3 5HP Inspected: 30 January 2024 Batchwood School Not applicable 2.4 miles Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RP Inspected: 10 March 2022 The King's School Not applicable 2.6 miles Ambrose Lane, Ambrose Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4DU Inspected: 25 January 2017 Bernards Heath Infant and Nursery School Primary 2.6 miles Sandridge Road, St Albans, AL1 4AP Inspected: 21 March 2022 Maple Primary School Primary 3 miles Hall Place Gardens, St Albans, AL1 3SW Inspected: 23 November 2021 Verulam School Secondary 3.1 miles Brampton Road, St Albans, AL1 4PR Inspected: 27 June 2024 Aboyne Lodge Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 3.1 miles Etna Road, St Albans, AL3 5NL Inspected: 16 November 2023 Alban City School Primary 3.1 miles Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RR Inspected: 28 July 2023 Muriel Green Nursery School Nursery 3.1 miles Verulam Road, St Albans, AL3 5JB Inspected: 02 July 2024 Oakwood Primary School Primary 3.2 miles Oakwood Drive, St Albans, AL4 0XA Inspected: 17 September 2024 SA8 Fleetville Family Centre 3.3 miles Woodstock Road South, St. Albans, AL1 4QJ Inspected: 28 June 2011 St Luke's School Not applicable 3.3 miles Crouch Hall Lane, Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7ET Inspected: 20 July 2023 Oaklands College 16 plus 3.4 miles South Drive, Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL4 0JA Inspected: 21 November 2023 St Albans Independent College Not applicable 3.5 miles London Road, St Albans, AL1 1LN Inspected: 01 May 2024 St Peter's School Primary 3.6 miles Riverside Road, St Albans, AL1 1HL Inspected: 14 December 2023 The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans Primary 3.6 miles Grove Road, St Albans, AL1 1DQ Inspected: 19 May 2025 Camp Primary and Nursery School Primary 3.7 miles Camp Road, St Albans, AL1 5PG Inspected: 25 September 2023 Links Academy Not applicable 3.8 miles Lambourn Grove, St Albans, AL4 0TZ Inspected: 11 July 2023 Kimpton Primary School Primary 3.8 miles High Street, Kimpton, Hitchin, SG4 8RB Inspected: 01 December 2021 Prae Wood Primary School Primary 4 miles King Harry Lane, St Albans, AL3 4HZ Inspected: 02 December 2024 WH6 The Runway Family Centre 4.1 miles The Runway, The Runway, Hatfield, AL10 9AH Inspected: 31 October 2014 Samuel Ryder Academy All-through 4.2 miles Drakes Drive, St Albans, AL1 5AR Inspected: 27 September 2022 The Marlborough Science Academy Secondary 4.3 miles Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA Inspected: 29 January 2024 Green Lanes Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Green Lanes, Hatfield, AL10 9JY Inspected: 06 July 2023 St Adrian Roman Catholic Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Watling View, St Albans, AL1 2PB Inspected: 08 February 2023 SA7 Sopwell and Verulam Family Centre 4.3 miles Mandeville Drive, Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE Inspected: 23 April 2012 Mandeville Primary School Primary 4.3 miles Mandeville Drive, St Albans, AL1 2LE Inspected: 29 November 2021 Watling View School Not applicable 4.5 miles Watling View, St Albans, AL1 2NU Inspected: 09 June 2025 Stanborough School Secondary 4.6 miles Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR Inspected: 07 March 2023 WH2 Applecroft Family Centre 4.6 miles Elmwood, Applecroft Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JZ Inspected: 15 May 2012 Applecroft School Primary 4.6 miles Elmwood, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6JZ Inspected: 25 January 2024 Birchwood Avenue Primary School Primary 4.7 miles Birchwood Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 0PS Inspected: 28 July 2023 WH7 Birchwood Family Centre 4.8 miles Birchway, Crawford Road, Hatfield, AL10 0PD Inspected: 08 August 2013 University of Hertfordshire Not applicable 4.8 miles Roehyde Way, College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB Inspected: 18 June 2024 Killigrew Primary and Nursery School Primary 4.8 miles East Close, St Albans, AL2 3HD Inspected: 11 September 2024 Flamstead Village School Primary 4.9 miles Trowley Hill Road, Flamstead, St. Albans, AL3 8DL Inspected: 22 September 2023 Colney Heath Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School Primary 4.9 miles High Street, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0NP Inspected: 23 January 2023
SA3 Southdown Family Centre 0.8 miles Dark Lane, Harpenden, AL5 1QA Aldwickbury School Not applicable 0.9 miles Wheathampstead Road, Wheathampstead Road, AL5 1AD St Dominic Catholic Primary School Primary 1.3 miles Southdown Road, Southdown Road, HARPENDEN, AL5 1PF SA2 Batford Family Centre 1.9 miles Holcroft Road, Holcroft Road, Harpenden, AL5 5BQ St George's School Secondary 2 miles Sun Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4TD Sauncey Wood Primary School Primary 2 miles Pickford Hill, Harpenden, AL5 5HL St Albans Girls' School Secondary 2 miles Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB Wheatfields Junior Mixed School Primary 2.1 miles Sandringham Crescent, St Albans, AL4 9NT Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School Primary 2.1 miles Sandringham Crescent, St. Albans, AL4 9NT St Hilda's School Not applicable 2.1 miles Douglas Road, Harpenden, AL5 2ES Sandringham School Secondary 2.1 miles The Ridgeway, St Albans, AL4 9NX Inspected: 22 March 2024 SA5 Marshalswick Family Centre 2.4 miles Sherwood Avenue, Sherwood Avenue, St Albans, AL4 9QL The Lea Primary School and Nursery Primary 2.4 miles Moorland Road, Harpenden, AL5 4LE Skyswood Primary & Nursery School Primary 2.4 miles Chandlers Road, St Albans, AL4 9RS St John Fisher Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primary 2.4 miles Hazelmere Road, St Albans, AL4 9RW Garden Fields Junior Mixed and Infant School Primary 2.5 miles Townsend Drive, St Albans, AL3 5RL St Albans High School for Girls Not applicable 2.9 miles Townsend Avenue, St Albans, AL1 3SJ Loreto College Secondary 3.2 miles Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RQ Beaumont School Secondary 3.3 miles Austen Way, St Albans, AL4 0XB Fleetville Infant and Nursery School Primary 3.3 miles Royal Road, St Albans, AL1 4LX Inspected: 25 January 2024 Fleetville Junior School Primary 3.3 miles Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 4LW Inspected: 16 January 2024 Redbourn Primary School Primary 3.3 miles Long Cutt, Redbourn, St Albans, AL3 7EX St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery Primary 3.4 miles Cecil Road, St Albans, AL1 5EG St Albans School Not applicable 3.4 miles Welclose Street, St Albans, AL3 4HB Windermere Primary School Primary 3.9 miles Windermere Avenue, St. Albans, AL1 5QP St Columba's College Not applicable 4 miles King Harry Lane, St Albans, AL3 4AW St John's Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School, Lemsford Primary 4 miles Lemsford Village, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7TR Inspected: 22 June 2023 Howe Dell Primary School Primary 4.1 miles The Runway, Hatfield, AL10 9AH Brockswood Primary School Primary 4.9 miles Holtsmere End Lane, Woodhall Farm, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7QH Colney Heath Primary School Primary 4.9 miles High Street, Colney Heath, St Albans, AL4 0NP Hatfield Community Free School Primary 4.9 miles Briars Lane, Hatfield, AL10 8ES