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Hertfordshire County Council

School

How Wood Primary School and Nursery

Spooners Drive
Park Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL2 2HU

Telephone: 01727 768885

Email: admin@howwood.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: CYNTHIA ROWE

School type: Primary Mixed

School category: Community

School number: 466

DFE number: 919-2252

Nursery class: Yes

Published Admission Number: 30

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 223

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: Yes

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20242025

Number of places available

30

30

Number of applications made

84

81

Number of places offered

30

30

Places offered under each rule in 2025
Rules (in rule priority order)2025

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

20

Nearest School

6

Not Nearest School

4

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

18

Nearest School

8

Not Nearest School

4

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2025 (in metres)
Rule2025

Nearest school

623.3

Distance

1235.16

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2024 (in metres)
Rule2024

Nearest school

881.86

Distance

3542.12

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Reception, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 6

Updated: 31 August 2025

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for How Wood Primary School and Nursery.

Ofsted report and rating for How Wood Primary School and Nursery.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Caroline Dove

In Year Admissions Officer: Chloe Lee

District Schools Effectiveness Advisor: Ruth Cornish

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