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Loreto College

Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Hatfield Road, St Albans AL1 3RQ · loreto.herts.sch.uk · 01727 856206

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
58.3
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
952
25 over 927 places · 103%
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
14.8%
First language not English
26.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Loreto College (St Albans)

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 129 families put the school first and 146 places were offered; 86% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 124 (Places 158)124September 2023: 117 (Places 144)117September 2024: 110 (Places 148)110September 2025: 107 (Places 146)107September 2026: 129 (Places 146)129Places 146
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261461290.986%
September 2025Sept 20251461070.7100%
September 2024Sept 20241481100.788%
September 2023Sept 20231441170.889%
September 2022Sept 20221581240.893%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.3, and 59% 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+ (33.1 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: 59.7 (England 46.3)59.72017/18: 60.2 (England 46.5)60.22018/19: 59.4 (England 46.7)59.42021/22: 64.5 (England 48.8)64.52022/23: 60.0 (England 46.3)60.02023/24: 59.4 (England 45.9)59.42024/25: 58.3 (England 46.0)58.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲58.346.0
▲59.0%45.4%
▲82.7%64.8%
▲89.7%40.5%
▲5.524.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form77.4+4.3
Sixth form college4.4−1.2
Further education11.3−2.5
Other education2.5−2.5
Employment0.6—
Not in a lasting destination2.5+0.6
Activity not captured1.3+0.7

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: 33.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 35.0 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 33.4 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 34.4 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 32.6 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 34.1 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 33.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 33.1 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
73 studentsC+ (33.1)Above average +0.15
73 studentsC+ (33.3)Above average +0.15
6 studentsDist- (30)—
7.4%AAB or better
98.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2478C+ (33.7)-0.20
2022/2386C+ (34.1)—
2021/2269C+ (32.6)—
2018/1990C+ (34.4)-0.01
2017/1884C+ (33.4)+0.11
2016/1768B- (35)+0.08
2015/16106C+ (33.9)-0.10

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University72.2+5.5
Further education1.2−4.3
Apprenticeship1.3−0.1
Employment13.9−2.8
Not in a lasting destination7.6+3.4
Activity not captured3.8−1.8

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Loreto College on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
15 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

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

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2013

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • May 2013Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Jun 2009Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (140 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
95%
Replies
140
15% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●91% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲94% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲90% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲91% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼82% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▲85% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly●78% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 64% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 26% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲77% agreeEngland 67%

based on 22 parents (16%) with SEND

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