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St Albans Girls' School

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans AL3 6DB · stags.aetrust.uk · 01727 853134

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
58.8
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,423
98% of 1,450 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
11.6%
First language not English
21.9%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Ambition Education Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 215 families put the school first and 240 places were offered; 82% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 225 (Places 240)225September 2023: 258 (Places 238)258September 2024: 209 (Places 242)209September 2025: 217 (Places 239)217September 2026: 215 (Places 240)215Places 240
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262402150.982%
September 2025Sept 20252392170.982%
September 2024Sept 20242422090.978%
September 2023Sept 20232382581.1▲72%
September 2022Sept 20222402250.987%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.8, and 69.7% 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 B (39.4 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: 58.9 (England 46.3)58.92017/18: 61.7 (England 46.5)61.72018/19: 62.4 (England 46.7)62.42021/22: 65.1 (England 48.8)65.12022/23: 60.8 (England 46.3)60.82023/24: 56.6 (England 45.9)56.62024/25: 58.8 (England 46.0)58.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲58.846.0
▲69.7%45.4%
▲86.3%64.8%
▲74.4%40.5%
▲5.554.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form65.1−11
Sixth form college0.4−0.1
Further education26.7+10
Other education0.4−1
Apprenticeship1.7+0.7
Employment0.4−0.6
Not in a lasting destination3+1.6
Activity not captured2.2+0.3

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: 36.3 (England 30.5)B-2016/17: 35.5 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 37.6 (England 32.1)B-2018/19: 38.1 (England 32.9)B-2021/22: 44.1 (England 37.9)B+2022/23: 40.0 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 40.9 (England 34.4)B2024/25: 39.4 (England 35.0)BEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
127 studentsB (39.4)Average +0.03
127 studentsB (39.4)Average +0.02
12 studentsDist- (31.3)Well below average -0.77
19.1%AAB or better
96.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24119B (40.9)+0.12
2022/23124B (40)—
2021/22113B+ (44.1)—
2018/19102B- (38.1)+0.07
2017/18122B- (37.6)-0.09
2016/17115B- (35.5)+0.04
2015/16118B- (36.3)-0.06

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University69.9−6.4
Further education0.8—
Apprenticeship3.3−0.2
Employment13.8+0.6
Not in a lasting destination6.5+3
Activity not captured5.7+2.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected St Albans Girls' School on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
26 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Feb 2008Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (302 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
93%
Replies
302
21% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲94% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲97% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲95% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲92% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲91% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲99% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲98% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲92% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲88% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲54% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲78% agreeEngland 67%

based on 76 parents (25%) with SEND

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