UK Schools
St Albans Girls' School
St Albans Girls' School is a girls' secondary academy in St Albans, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,423 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Outstanding at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 58.8 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 2 September 2025 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Albans Girls' School.
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 St Albans Girls' School.
- 1 Professional Development Day (No students)
- 2 First Day of Autumn Term
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 28 Occasional Day (No students)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday (continued)
- 1 New Year's Day Bank Holiday
- 2 End of Christmas Holiday
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 11–13 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 9 Transition Day
- 17 Professional Development Day (No students)
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Professional Development Day (No students) Sep 1, 2025 Event
- First Day of Autumn Term Sep 2, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Occasional Day (No students) Nov 28, 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Holiday (continued) Jan 1-2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Bank Holiday Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- End of Christmas Holiday Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 11-13, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Transition Day Jul 9, 2026 Event
- Professional Development Day (No students) Jul 17, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Albans Girls' School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 58.8 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 39.43 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 17.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 98% 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 St Albans Girls' School. 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 St Albans Girls' School 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.