St George's School

About St George's School

St George’s School in St Albans delivers a Progress 8 score of 0.65, which is significantly above the Hertfordshire local authority average of 0.18 for secondary schools. That gap of nearly half a grade per subject tells you this is a school where pupils consistently outperform their peers across the county. It ranks 6th out of 12 schools in St Albans itself, placing it in the top half locally, and nationally it sits in the top 11 per cent of all schools in England. The school is heavily oversubscribed: for 160 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 562 applications, with 191 of those listing it as a first preference. That level of demand — an oversubscription ratio of 3.51 — reflects a reputation that parents clearly trust.

Academically, the numbers are strong across the board. At GCSE, 92.9 per cent of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, and 80.6 per cent reached grade 5 or above. The Attainment 8 score sits at 64.2, well above the national average, and the EBacc average point score is 5.45. In the sixth form, the school’s value-added score of 0.22 is rated as above average, with students averaging a B+ grade per A-level entry and 42.33 points per entry. The most recent Ofsted inspection in March 2025 gave Outstanding grades across every category judged — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and sixth-form provision. That’s a clean sweep, and it matches the Outstanding rating the school held in its previous inspection in 2014.

The school is a Christian, mixed, state secondary with a sixth form and boarding provision, and it serves 1,362 pupils against a capacity of 1,406. Facilities include a theatre, swimming pool, astro turf, sports hall, tennis courts, and a chapel. There is a broad range of SEND support, covering dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. In the Parent View survey, 95 per cent of respondents would recommend the school, and 74 per cent strongly agreed that their child is happy there. With only 3.8 per cent of pupils eligible for free school meals, the intake is less diverse economically than many schools, but the academic outcomes and parent satisfaction suggest this is a school that delivers consistently for families who can secure a place.

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