Sir John Lawes School

Manland Way, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL5 4QP

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About this school

Sir John Lawes School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The school has 1,356 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Outstanding (graded inspection, 28 March 2023). Last inspected 28 March 2023. The Headteacher is Philip Newbery. The school is administered by Hertfordshire local authority. It belongs to SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Philip Newbery

Trust

SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

137270

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Sir John Lawes School are handled by the school or the local authority (Hertfordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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