Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT
Local ranking9th of 82 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1056
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 56.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 64.6%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.9%
- Entering EBacc
- 80.6%
- EBacc APS
- 5.3
- Cohort Size
- 175
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
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.8
Avg Points/Entry
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
77
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 192
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1097
- Boys
- 659 (60%)
- Girls
- 438 (40%)
- Capacity
- 1056 (104% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.0%
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: 36.3%
- White Other: 20.9%
- Other: 20.9%
- White Irish: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.3%
- Black African: 2.3%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
36.3%
White British
20.9%
White Other
20.9%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137938
- UKPRN
- 10036753
- Establishment No.
- 5412
- Trust
- THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST