Townsend Church of England School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL3 6DR
- Distance
- 0.9km away
St Albans Girls' School
Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB
Local ranking11th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 26 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 69.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 86.3% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 74.4% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 234
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 78.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 11.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
39.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
127
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 240
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1428
- Girls
- 1428 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (98% full)
- SEND
- 13.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 11.9%
- EAL
- 21.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 0.5%
- SEN Support
- 13.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,509/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.6% 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
Loading chart
- White British: 56.5%
- White Other: 8.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 4.7%
- Asian Chinese: 4.7%
- Mixed Other: 3.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.7%
- Asian Other: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.6%
56.5%
White British
8.5%
White Other
4.7%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Sandridgebury Lane
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137339
- UKPRN
- 10035080
- Establishment No.
- 4083
- Trust
- AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST
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