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

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Colney Heath Lane, AL4 0TT 		0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Beaumont School
Austen Way, AL4 0XB 		1,215 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Verulam School
Brampton Road, AL1 4PR 		2,277 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Boys More About School
4out of 4Loreto College
Hatfield Road, AL1 3RQ 		3,128 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
4out of 4Sandringham School
The Ridgeway, AL4 9NX 		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
- not ratedOaklands College
Oaklands Campus, Hatfield Road AL4 0JA 		916 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Samuel Ryder Academy
Drakes Drive, AL1 5AR 		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
3out of 4Links Academy
1 Hixberry Lane, AL4 0TZ 		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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