Verulam School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL1 4PR
- Distance
- 1.0km away
Loreto College
Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RQ
Local ranking21st of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
927
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 October 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
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 58.3 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 59.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 89.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 5.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 156
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 94.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 2.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 72.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
73
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.4% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 156
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 930
- Boys
- 8 (1%)
- Girls
- 922 (99%)
- Capacity
- 927 (100% full)
- SEND
- 15.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.9%
- EAL
- 30.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.0%
- SEN Support
- 14.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 61.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,789/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 31.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 33.9%
- White Other: 15.8%
- Black African: 14.5%
- White Irish: 5.3%
- Asian Chinese: 4.1%
- Asian Other: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.6%
33.9%
White British
15.8%
White Other
14.5%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hatfield Road
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138106
- UKPRN
- 10037197
- Establishment No.
- 4620
- Trust
- LORETO COLLEGE (ST ALBANS)
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