Loreto College

📍 Hatfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 3RQ

About this school

Loreto College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The school has 930 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 15 October 2024. The Headteacher is Lucy Thompson. The school is administered by Hertfordshire local authority. It belongs to LORETO COLLEGE (ST ALBANS). The school has girls-only admissions and a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 May 2012.

School details

Headteacher

Lucy Thompson

Trust

LORETO COLLEGE (ST ALBANS)

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Gender

Girls

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

138106

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Loreto College 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 →

Similar schools nearby

View all schools in Hertfordshire →

Jobs at this school

Browse live education vacancies at or near Loreto College.