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Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Academy converter in St Albans, AL1 4LX, taking ages 3 to 7, 304 on roll.

Outstanding Ofsted, Jan 2024
0.74 mi Admitted from, latest published year
113% Full, over capacity

Will an address get in?

In the latest published round, the furthest child offered a place lived 0.74 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 0.74 miles, the distance the school admitted from in the latest published year.

This is not a catchment area. 0.74 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Fleetville Infant and Nursery School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside it; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

Source: Hertfordshire, published admission distances

Two schools, both in reach

Two children, or a first and second preference? Add a second school to see where both are in reach, cheapest districts first. Only a school with a published distance can be added.

If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Hertfordshire, 109 of 519 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (21.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Fleetville Infant and Nursery School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Fleetville Junior School Both in reach Primary 3.5 mi 0.1 mi
Camp Primary and Nursery School Both in reach Primary 5.38 mi 0.4 mi
Beaumont School Both in reach Secondary 0.84 mi 0.6 mi
Cunningham Hill Infant School Both in reach Primary 0.61 mi 0.6 mi
Oakwood Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.35 mi 0.6 mi
Windermere Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.21 mi 0.6 mi

The distance as a picture

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School catchment area map: the 0.74 mile admission distance and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 304 pupils in 270 places (113% full, over capacity)
TrustSPIRAL PARTNERSHIP TRUST
Local authorityHertfordshire

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Outstanding, inspected 24 January 2024

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Girls and boys49.7% girls, 50.3% boys
English as an additional language17.4% of pupils
Free school meals4.3% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Fleetville Infant and Nursery School

Cheapest district inside the 0.74 miles: AL1, median £365,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
AL1 St Albans 0.6 mi £365,000 158 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 0.74 miles the school admitted from in the latest published year, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Fleetville Infant and Nursery School by bus

Best-served stop: Morrisons, 151 yd away, with 10.2 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 02:07, last 00:07 after midnight.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Morrisons106 yd10.17.04.4653, 301, 302, 602, 724, 725
Morrisons151 yd10.24.24.4302, 602, 653, 301, 724, 725
Harlesden Road167 yd8.33.04.0302, 602, 653, 301, 305, 304

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Fleetville Infant and Nursery School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around AL1: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at AL1 4LX, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Fleetville Infant and Nursery School?

Fleetville Infant and Nursery School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in the latest published year lived 0.74 miles away, per Hertfordshire.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Fleetville Infant and Nursery School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 0.74 miles was enough in the latest published year, and at 113% full the school has little slack. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Fleetville Infant and Nursery School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Hertfordshire school's distance

All Hertfordshire schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Hertfordshire. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.