Academy converter · Secondary
Harpenden · AL5 4QP · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 138356
St George's School
Academy converter · Harpenden · AL5 4TD
Ages 11–18 · 1,351 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Not judged
Attainment 8
64.2
Overall absence
6.6%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-03-11
- 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. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.65
−20+2
Attainment 864.2
English & maths grade 5+81%
English & maths grade 4+93%
EBacc entry23%
EBacc APS: 5.5
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.8%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 895
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill96%
1,351 pupils · 1,406 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,351
- Boys / girls
- 686 / 665
- School capacity
- 1,406
- Capacity fill
- 1,351 / 1,406 (96%)
- Free school meals
- 4.5%
- FSM pupils
- 43
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Christian
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL, HARPENDEN ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL, HARPENDEN ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Andy Ford
Location
- Address
- Sun Lane
- Postcode
- AL5 4TD
- Town
- Harpenden
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, 1,351 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 4.5%. Religious character: Christian.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Andy Ford
- Telephone
- 01582765477