Academy converter · Secondary
St Albans · AL1 4PR · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138106
Loreto College
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Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
952
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Girls academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in St Albans, Hertfordshire, 952 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14.8%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Archdiocese of Westminster.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138106
Location
- Address
- Hatfield Road
- Postcode
- AL1 3RQ
- Town
- St Albans
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 952
- Boys / girls
- 6 / 946
- School capacity
- 927
- Capacity fill
- 952 / 927 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- FSM pupils
- 113
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Girls
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Governance
- Academy trust: LORETO COLLEGE (ST ALBANS)
- Academy trust
- LORETO COLLEGE (ST ALBANS)
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Thompson
- Telephone
- 01727856206
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2024-10-15
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 59.4
- Progress 8
- 0.7
- English & maths grade 5+
- 67%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 86%
- EBacc entry
- 81%
- EBacc APS
- 5.6