Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School is a secondary school located in St Albans. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 23/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.2%, which is 0.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT
Website: http://www.nbs.herts.sch.co.uk/
Telephone: 01727860079
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Declan Linnane
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137938

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 23/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1060
Number of Pupils: 894
Number of Boys: 512
Number of Girls: 382

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 8.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Well Above Average: 0.64 Confidence interval 0.35 to 0.92
Of the 83 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 78 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:68%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:99%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:55.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:5.03
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oakwood Primary School
Oakwood Drive , AL4 0XA 		4out of 4 1,443 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Windermere Primary School
Windermere Avenue , AL1 5QP 		3out of 4 1,521 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Camp Primary and Nursery School
Camp Road , AL1 5PG 		3out of 4 1,547 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Fleetville Infant and Nursery School
Royal Road , AL1 4LX 		4out of 4 1,881 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Cunningham Hill Junior School
Cell Barnes Lane , AL1 5QJ 		4out of 4 1,975 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane , AL4 0TT 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Beaumont School
Austen Way , AL4 0XB 		4out of 4 1,215 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Verulam School
Brampton Road , AL1 4PR 		3out of 4 2,277 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
Loreto College
Hatfield Road , AL1 3RQ 		4out of 4 3,128 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
Sandringham School
The Ridgeway , AL4 9NX 		4out of 4 3,168 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oaklands College
Oaklands Campus , Hatfield Road AL4 0JA 		- not rated 916 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Samuel Ryder Academy
Drakes Drive , AL1 5AR 		3out of 4 1,974 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Links Academy
1 Hixberry Lane , AL4 0TZ 		3out of 4 414 yd Academy alternative provision converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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