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Verulam School

Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Brampton Road, St Albans AL1 4PR · verulamschool.co.uk · 01727 766100

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Overview

Ofsted
Remains Good
Ungraded inspection · May 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
52.5
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2024 entry · Hertfordshire Council
Demand for places
0.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
987
87% of 1,135 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.2%
First language not English
17.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ambition Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2024, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 80 families put the school first and 184 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 89 (Places 197)89September 2023: 66 (Places 188)66September 2024: 56 (Places 202)56September 2025: 85 (Places 180)85September 2026: 80 (Places 184)80Places 184
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026184800.4100%
September 2025Sept 2025180850.598%
September 2024Sept 2024202560.3100%
September 2023Sept 2023188660.4100%
September 2022Sept 2022197890.5100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.5, and 55.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (32.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 53.6 (England 46.3)53.62017/18: 53.2 (England 46.5)53.22018/19: 54.4 (England 46.7)54.42021/22: 53.0 (England 48.8)53.02022/23: 55.3 (England 46.3)55.32023/24: 51.8 (England 45.9)51.82024/25: 52.5 (England 46.0)52.5England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲52.546.0
▲55.3%45.4%
▲73.0%64.8%
●40.1%40.5%
▲4.714.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form70.2+3.9
Sixth form college0.6—
Further education20.4−4.1
Employment0.6−1
Not in a lasting destination3.9+1.2
Activity not captured4.4+2.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.7 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 33.1 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 34.2 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 33.3 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.6 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.4 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 30.6 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 32.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
99 studentsC+ (32.2)Average +0.10
99 studentsC+ (32.3)Average +0.11
44 studentsMerit+ (27.4)Average -0.11
15.4%AAB or better
98.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2495C (30.6)+0.01
2022/23106C+ (33.4)—
2021/22107B- (36.6)—
2018/19114C+ (33.3)-0.05
2017/18130C+ (34.2)+0.10
2016/17143C+ (33.1)+0.15
2015/16128C (29.7)-0.14

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University64.2−3
Further and other education4.7+0.3
Further education3.8+1.2
Other education0.9−0.8
Apprenticeship4.7−0.5
Employment17−1.1
Not in a lasting destination6.6+2.3
Activity not captured2.8+1.9

Ofsted

At an ungraded inspection on 22 May 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Verulam School was: School remains Good.

Outcome
Remains Good
Inspected
21 May 2024
Ungraded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Nov 2022Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingMet

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2018Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Oct 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingNot effective
  • Mar 2014Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (212 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
87%
Replies
212
21% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●84% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●84% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing●85% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●91% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲83% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●76% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲55% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 29% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼61% agreeEngland 68%

based on 49 parents (23%) with SEND

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