Loreto College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B73
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL1 3RQ
- Distance
- 2.1km away
The Marlborough Science Academy
Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA
Local ranking62nd of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1250
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 29 November 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 42.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 29.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 186
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
107
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 225
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1335
- Boys
- 713 (53%)
- Girls
- 624 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1250 (107% full)
- SEND
- 17.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.3%
- EAL
- 8.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.4%
- SEN Support
- 15.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,924/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
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 66.7%
- White Other: 9.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 6.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Asian Indian: 2.0%
- Asian Other: 1.8%
66.7%
White British
9.3%
White Other
6.8%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Watling Street
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138042
- UKPRN
- 10037014
- Establishment No.
- 5414
- Trust
- THE MARLBOROUGH SCIENCE ACADEMY LIMITED
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