Loreto College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
Outstanding
Oct 15 2024 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
930 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.9%
Girls
99.1%
First language not English
30.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.7%
Persistent absence
17.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.2%
Other White 15.5%
African 14.2%
Mixed 10.4%
Irish 5.2%
Chinese 4%
Other Asian 3.8%
Indian 2%
Bangladeshi 2%
Unclassified 2%
Other 1.9%
Pakistani 1.8%
Caribbean 1.6%
Other Black 1.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.2
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.51
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE18
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE63
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE63
ChineseGCSE4
Classical CivilisationGCSE60
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE154
English LiteratureGCSE154
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Loreto College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
146
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
107
2nd preference
103
3rd preference
98
From another Local Authority
112
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
107
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
37
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
0
150
Year 8
150
0
150
Year 9
159
0
159
Year 10
159
0
159
Year 11
158
0
158
Year 12
80
2
78
Year 13
74
6
68
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.3%
85.5%
Further education
12.0%
30.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
77.0%
58.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
5.0%
1.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
83.0%
62.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
23.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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