UK Schools
Loreto College
Loreto College is a girls' secondary academy in St Albans, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 952 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 58.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Loreto College.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Loreto College.
- 1 Inset Day
- 2 Start of Autumn Term (Staggered start for Year 7 & Year 12 only)
- 3 Start of Autumn Term (All students)
- 24 End of Autumn Term (First half)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 3 School resumes Autumn Term (Second half)
- 28 Inset Day
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 22 Inset Day
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 1–2 Inset Days
- 5 Start of Spring Term (First half)
- 13 End of Spring Term (First half)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School resumes Spring Term (Second half)
- 27 Inset Day
- 26 End of Spring Term
- 27 Inset Day
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 6 Inset Day
- 13 Start of Summer Term (First half)
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 End of Summer Term (First half)
- 25–29 Spring Bank Holiday & Half Term Holiday
- 25 Inset Day
- 1 School resumes Summer Term (Second half)
- 17 End of Summer Term
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 20 Inset Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Start of Autumn Term (Staggered start for Year 7 & Year 12 only) Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Start of Autumn Term (All students) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- End of Autumn Term (First half) Oct 24, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- School resumes Autumn Term (Second half) Nov 3, 2025 Term
- End of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term (First half) Jan 5, 2026 Term
- End of Spring Term (First half) Feb 13, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School resumes Spring Term (Second half) Feb 23, 2026 Term
- End of Spring Term Mar 26, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term (First half) Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term (First half) May 22, 2026 Term
- Spring Bank Holiday & Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School resumes Summer Term (Second half) Jun 1, 2026 Term
- End of Summer Term Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
- Inset Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day Dec 22, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Days Jan 1-2, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Feb 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Mar 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Apr 6, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day May 25, 2026 Inset Day
- Inset Day Jul 20, 2026 Inset Day
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Loreto College with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 58.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 33.14 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 31.5% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 97% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 93% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Loreto College. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Loreto College than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.