Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B78
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- St Albans, AL4 0TT
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Beaumont School
Austen Way, St Albans, AL4 0XB
Local ranking4th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
1600
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 13 May 2025 — 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
- 62.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 73.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 87.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 85.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 6.0 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 97.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 66.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 16.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B
Avg A-Level Grade
40.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
41.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
232
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 25.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 509
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1651
- Boys
- 875 (53%)
- Girls
- 776 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1600 (103% full)
- SEND
- 16.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 5.3%
- EAL
- 15.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 13.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 101.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,459/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 11.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 61.5%
- White Other: 8.0%
- Asian Chinese: 7.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 4.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.1%
- Asian Indian: 2.9%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
61.5%
White British
8.0%
White Other
7.3%
Asian Chinese
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Austen Way
St Albans, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138286
- UKPRN
- 10037626
- Establishment No.
- 4043
- Trust
- BEAUMONT SCHOOL
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