Secondary schools in St Albans
9 secondary schools in St Albans, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings. All-through schools, which take pupils from 4 to 18, are listed on both the primary and the secondary page for their town.
St Albans in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 9 schools in St Albans first 1,644 times for 1,741 places: 0.94 first choices per place, against 1.03 across the Hertfordshire authority's 78 schools. 3 of the 9 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, one school here gave its last places on distance: Sandringham School, to 0.63 miles.
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Beaumont School
- Loreto College
- Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
- Sandringham School
- St Albans Girls' School
- The Marlborough Science Academy
- Townsend Church of England School
- Verulam School
- Samuel Ryder Academy
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