Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

📍 Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0TT

About this school

Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The school has 1,097 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 14 November 2023. The Headteacher is Anne Atkinson. The school is administered by Hertfordshire local authority. It belongs to THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 March 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Anne Atkinson

Trust

THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

137938

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Nicholas Breakspear Catholic 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.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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