Samuel Ryder Academy
All-through schoolSamuel Ryder Academy is a all-through school in St Albans, for pupils aged 4 to 19. It had 1,577 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 21 April 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 80% of pupils at Samuel Ryder Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 64% in Hertfordshire and 62% in England.
20% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Samuel Ryder Academy was 52.4, against 55.9 in St Albans and 46.2 in England.
50.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 64% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 20% | 11% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110 | 105 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | St Albans | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 52.4 | 55.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.5% | 63.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73.9% | 78.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 188 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Windermere Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)610 m
- Cunningham Hill Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), April 2024. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)690 m
- Cunningham Hill Infant SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), January 2024690 m
- Camp Primary and Nursery SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, July 2023. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
- St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023, before the school changed1.4 km
- Fleetville Junior SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in St Albans
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).