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St Albans School

Independent secondary

National rank

Rank last year

84.6^%

A-level

80.4^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Joe Silvester

Gender of entry Boys

Total pupils 887 (11-18)

UK day fees per term* £9,757 (11-18)

Our methodology

Results

Grade

22.3

34.5

27.8

A*/A

56.8

A*-B

84.6

Grade

9/8

61.1

19.3

9/8/7

80.4

What the school inspection says

“The school aspires to help each pupil to flourish intellectually and personally and to develop self-knowledge and self-confidence in order that pupils find meaning and purpose in life. The development of pupils’ knowledge, understanding and skills across all areas of learning is excellent. Pupils regularly display an ability to work at levels higher than would be expected. They actively look for opportunities in lessons to argue or discuss and in so doing develop their knowledge and understanding … They are extremely self-confident and independent. They are supportive of the school’s values [and] form productive relationships with each other. Pupils show a great respect to their peers and value diversity within their school.”

Inspection

2022

In detail

Read the full report

About the school

Founded as a monastic school in 948, St Albans is one of the world’s oldest private schools.
A member of the Headmaster’s Conference of leading public schools, it admits boys aged 11-18 and girls in the sixth form at 16-plus. While academically selective, St Albans School offers “an exceptional holistic education”, according to its headmaster Joe Silvester.
The most popular university destination between 2023 and 2025 was the University of Nottingham. In the same period, economics was the most popular subject choice.
The school has a strong track record for producing historians, from the 13th-century Benedictine monk Matthew Paris to the TV historian Justin Pollard. Other notable alumni include Pope Adrian IV, the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, the journalists Larry Elliot and David Grossman, and the director Mike Newell.

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admissions@st-albans.herts.sch.uk

Telephone

01727 855 521

Website

st-albans.herts.sch.uk

Address

Abbey Gateway, St Albans, AL3 4HB

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