Loreto College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
May 1 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
138106
Address
Hatfield Road, AL1 3RQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
946 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
1.1%
Girls
98.9%
First language not English
28.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.5%
Persistent absence
19.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 37.8%
Other White 14.7%
African 13.5%
Mixed 10.5%
Irish 4.9%
Chinese 3.4%
Other Asian 3.2%
Indian 2.1%
Unclassified 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Pakistani 1.6%
Caribbean 1.6%
Other Black 1.5%
Other 1%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.78
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 76%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 68%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 60
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.61
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE52
Business Studies:SingleGCSE67
ChemistryGCSE52
ChineseGCSE1
Classical CivilisationGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE156
English LiteratureGCSE155
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Loreto College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
148
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
110
2nd preference
109
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
120
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
97
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
47
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 classes21.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
149
0
149
Year 8
157
0
157
Year 9
160
0
160
Year 10
157
0
157
Year 11
160
0
160
Year 12
85
7
78
Year 13
78
3
75
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
14.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
74.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
86.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
42.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
36.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
3.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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