Verulam School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137038
Address
Brampton Road, AL1 4PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1023 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
97.8%
Girls
2.2%
First language not English
18.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.9%
Persistent absence
25.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 52.2%
Other White 8.8%
Mixed 8.6%
Chinese 5.8%
Bangladeshi 4.9%
African 4.7%
Indian 3.7%
Unclassified 2.7%
Other Asian 2.4%
Other 2.3%
Pakistani 2.2%
Irish 0.7%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.4%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 84%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 64%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.3
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.06
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award12
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE15
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE113
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE112
ChineseGCSE10
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE58
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Verulam School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
56
2nd preference
95
3rd preference
151
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
56
2nd preference
39
3rd preference
40
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
133
133
0
Year 8
164
164
0
Year 9
175
175
0
Year 10
155
155
0
Year 11
181
181
0
Year 12
111
104
7
Year 13
104
88
16
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
91.2%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
29.1%
35.4%
School sixth form
67.0%
59.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
3.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
69.7%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
43.0%
29.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.9%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.4%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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