Best Secondary Schools in St Albans

We checked all 13 secondary schools in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 9 ranked, then 4 without a rank.

Schools checked
13
Ranked
9
Without a rank
4

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in St Albans. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

St Albans also has 40 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire also has rankings for Hemel Hempstead, Bishop's Stortford, Watford, Bushey, Rickmansworth and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked secondary schools in St Albans

  1. 1

    Sandringham School

    Academy, 1,777 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    65.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    83.5%

  2. 2

    Beaumont School

    Academy, 1,722 pupils, inspected May 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    62.6
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    73.6%

  3. 3

    St Albans Girls' School

    Academy, 1,423 pupils, inspected November 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    69.7%

  4. 4

    Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

    Academy, 1,134 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    56.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    64.6%

  5. 5

    Loreto College

    Academy, 952 pupils, inspected October 2024

    Ofsted judgements: Good to outstanding
    Attainment 8
    58.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59%

  6. 6

    Samuel Ryder Academy

    Academy, 1,577 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    56.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    69.7%

  7. 7

    Verulam School

    Academy, 987 pupils, inspected October 2018

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    52.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    55.3%

  8. 8

    Townsend Church of England School

    Local authority maintained, 746 pupils, inspected December 2014

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    46.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    40.1%

  9. 9

    The Marlborough Science Academy

    Academy, 1,337 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    43.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    36.4%

Secondary schools in St Albans without a rank