Beaumont School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B83
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL4 0XB
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT
Local ranking11th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1056
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 14 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 55.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 66.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 84.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 179
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 12.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
77
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 192
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1097
- Boys
- 689 (61%)
- Girls
- 445 (39%)
- Capacity
- 1056 (107% full)
- SEND
- 16.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.1%
- EAL
- 32.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,285/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
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 40.7%
- White Other: 23.4%
- Black African: 13.2%
- White Irish: 5.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.6%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
40.7%
White British
23.4%
White Other
13.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Colney Heath Lane
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137938
- UKPRN
- 10036753
- Establishment No.
- 5412
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST
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