Loreto College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL1 3RQ
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Verulam School
Brampton Road, St Albans, AL1 4PR
Local ranking35th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1135
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 May 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 54.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 63.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.5% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 173
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 59.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.2
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
99
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 209
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 984
- Boys
- 953 (97%)
- Girls
- 34 (3%)
- Capacity
- 1135 (87% full)
- SEND
- 17.3%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 17.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 58.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,019/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 21.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 53.3%
- White Other: 8.8%
- Asian Chinese: 6.0%
- Black African: 5.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
53.3%
White British
8.8%
White Other
6.0%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Brampton Road
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137038
- UKPRN
- 10034573
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST
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