What is the largest ethnic background at The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 58.7% of pupils at The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

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How places are decided at The Abbey Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, St Albans

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked after / previously looked after children — Children in public care ("looked after children"), who are either in the care of the local authority or being provided with accommodation by the local authority... Or children in the process of being placed for adoption... previously looked after but subsequently adopted... Or previously looked after but subject to Child Arrangements Order... Or previously looked after but subject to Special Guardianship Order... Or children who appear to have been in state care outside England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Siblings — Siblings of children already at the school at the time of entry.
3Children of staff — Children of qualified teachers directly employed by the school on a permanent contract (full-time or part-time) who have been either employed by the school for a minimum of two years at the time of application or recruited to fill a vacant post at the school for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage; the teacher must be the biological or adoptive parent or have legal parental responsibility, or (where the child is the child of the teacher's partner) must have lived with the child at the same address for at least two years prior to the date of application.
4Designated Area — Children resident in the Designated Area, as shown on the attached map.
5Cathedral worshippers outside Designated Area — Children resident outside the Designated Area but where one or more parent, with their child, are regular worshippers at the Cathedral.
6Other Christian church worshippers outside Designated Area — Children resident outside the Designated Area but where one or more parent, with their child, are regular worshippers at another Christian Church (a member of Churches Together in England and/or Churches Together in St Albans and/or the Evangelical Alliance).
7Any other children — Any other children.

If two applications tie: In the event of there being an over-subscription in any one of the above categories, the determining factor in that category will be the proximity of the child’s permanent home address to the school, measured using Hertfordshire County Council’s ‘straight line’ distance measurement (AddressBase Premium, to two decimal places). Where two families live in the same block of flats, the flat with the lower number will be given priority. Where two families' addresses are equidistant, random allocation will be used.

Faith school (Church of England Voluntary Aided) with a Designated Area (catchment) and religious worship criteria for children outside that area. Closing date for applications stated as 15 January 2027.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.