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Beaumont School

St Albans, AL4 0XB · Hertfordshire · secondary school

Mixed Secondary
9.4/10 Well above average

7th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire we can score, 82 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 210 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 5.7/10 among them, against 9.4/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 73.6 · 92 46% 4.27
Progress 8 2023/24 0.89 · 96 38% 3.69
Attainment 8 2024/25 62.6 · 94 15% 1.44

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 73.6% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 62.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.89 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 5.7 out of 10 among them, against 9.4 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award, ski trips, and the New York Drama Trip.

Getting in. The school has 1651 pupils in a capacity of 1600, meaning it is over capacity by 51. Places are competitive because the school is over its stated capacity.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school manage the pressure of being over capacity? What support is available for pupils aiming to improve their progress scores? How are the many external trips funded and organised?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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