Sir John Lawes School
Secondary schoolSir John Lawes School is a secondary school in St Albans, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,373 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), March 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 28 March 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Sir John Lawes School was 63.9, against 55.9 in St Albans and 46.2 in England.
71.9% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | St Albans | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 63.9 | 55.9 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 71.9% | 63.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 90.6% | 78.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 192 | – | – |
- 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- Manland Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024. 91% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)170 m
- St George's SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 65.6 (2025/26, provisional)530 m
- Batford Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, April 2023730 m
- Sauncey Wood Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. 59% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)820 m
- Crabtree Junior SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. 86% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)830 m
- Crabtree Infants' SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024850 m
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).