Loreto College

School overview

Loreto College is a girls' secondary school serving St Albans, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 930 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 58.3, well above the national average of 46. That is down 1.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 10% of secondary schools in England.

59% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 83% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 86% of the families who made Loreto College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 97% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.5%. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. Loreto College does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.