Secondary
The Marlborough Science Academy
Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1337 of 1250 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE MARLBOROUGH SCIENCE ACADEMY LIMITED
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
36%
43.4
8th of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in St Albans we can score - 10 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 43.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.8 |
| Entered the EBacc | 40% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.85 |
| A level students | 107 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40% |
| 22/23 | 47% |
| 23/24 | 40% |
| 24/25 | 36% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29.7 |
| 22/23 | 28.1 |
| 23/24 | 27.5 |
| 24/25 | 28.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.25 |
| 22/23 | -0.18 |
| 23/24 | -0.10 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 44.8 |
| 22/23 | 45.5 |
| 23/24 | 44.1 |
| 24/25 | 43.4 |
Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Annie Thomson
- Address
- Watling Street, St Albans, AL1 2QA
- Telephone
- 01727856874