Sixth forms near me, on Ofsted’s timeline

Of the twelve sixth forms nearest AL1, one has a report card, four have key judgements without an overall grade, four have an overall grade on the old scale and three have an ungraded inspection. The oldest verdict, at Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, dates from 7 December 2022; the latest, at Samuel Ryder Academy, from 21 April 2026.

Each mark is one of the schools below, at the date of its latest inspection: report card key judgements only overall grade, old scale ungraded inspection. Behind them, the ruler Ofsted used on that date: pale, an overall grade on the old four-point scale (until 31 August 2024); mid blue, key judgements without an overall grade (from 1 September 2024); deep blue, report cards (from 10 November 2025).

The twelve sixth forms nearest AL1, by distance

From the centre of AL1 (an average of the positions of the establishments registered in the district in England), in a straight line, among the 2,067 open sixth forms in England’s register. Each mark sits at the exact date of the school’s latest inspection in Ofsted’s data as at 30 September 2026.

0.38 mi607 m N
Loreto College
AL1 3RQ, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Key judgements, no overall grade graded inspection, 15 October 2024
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 56.2 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 61.6% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C+, 33.14 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: good
Ofsted report for Loreto College
0.70 mi1,133 m NE
Verulam School
AL1 4PR, Hertfordshire; sixth form

School remains Good ungraded inspection, 22 May 2024

GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 54.4 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 63.6% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C+, 32.24 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
Ofsted report for Verulam School
0.91 mi1,471 m SE
Samuel Ryder Academy
AL1 5AR, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Report card inspected 21 April 2026; safeguarding met
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 52.4 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 50.5% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B-, 35.38 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The report card, area by area
- Inclusion: strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: strong standard
- Achievement: expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: strong standard
- Leadership and governance: strong standard
- Early years: strong standard
- Post-16 provision: expected standard
- Safeguarding: met
Ofsted report for Samuel Ryder Academy
1.2 mi1,862 m SW
The Marlborough Science Academy
AL1 2QA, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Good overall grade on the old four-point scale, 29 November 2023
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 42.6 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 29.0% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C, 28.85 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: good
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for The Marlborough Science Academy
1.3 mi2,075 m NE
Beaumont School
AL4 0XB, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Key judgements, no overall grade graded inspection, 13 May 2025
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 63.0 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 76.1% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B, 40.52 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Beaumont School
1.6 mi2,527 m N
St Albans Girls' School
AL3 6DB, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Key judgements, no overall grade graded inspection, 26 November 2024
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 60.7 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 69.4% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B, 39.43 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for St Albans Girls' School
1.6 mi2,616 m E
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
AL4 0TT, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Outstanding overall grade on the old four-point scale, 14 November 2023
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 55.0 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 66.5% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B-, 35.77 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
1.8 mi2,882 m NE
Sandringham School
AL4 9NX, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Outstanding overall grade on the old four-point scale, 7 February 2024
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 65.7 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 84.4% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B+, 42.11 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Sandringham School
1.9 mi3,119 m N
Townsend Church of England School
AL3 6DR, Hertfordshire; sixth form

School remains Good ungraded inspection, 24 January 2024

GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 43.9 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 37.4% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade C-, 27.98 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
Ofsted report for Townsend Church of England School
4.1 mi6,563 m SW
Parmiter's School
WD25 0UU, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Outstanding overall grade on the old four-point scale, 3 July 2024
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 65.0 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 77.7% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B, 40.58 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Parmiter's School
4.2 mi6,721 m SW
Saint Michael's Catholic High School
WD25 0SS, Hertfordshire; sixth form

Key judgements, no overall grade graded inspection, 4 February 2025
GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 48.8 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 43.3% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B-, 35.07 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
The key judgements, one by one
- Quality of education: good
- Behaviour and attitudes: outstanding
- Personal development: outstanding
- Leadership and management: outstanding
- Sixth form provision: outstanding
Ofsted report for Saint Michael's Catholic High School
4.4 mi7,029 m E
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
AL10 8NL, Hertfordshire; sixth form

School remains Outstanding ungraded inspection, 7 December 2022

GCSE 2025/26, provisional: Attainment 8 54.5 (Hertfordshire 50.4, England 46.2); grades 5+ in English and maths 59.7% (Hertfordshire 53.6%, England 46.3%); A level 2024/25: average grade B-, 37.92 points per entry (England B-, 35.00)
Ofsted report for Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

How this list works

This list shows the 2,067 open state-funded schools in England that the register of schools records as having a sixth form, or as teaching students aged 16 and over only. Colleges that the register lists as further education colleges, including some sixth form colleges, are not included yet. Ofsted inspects 16 to 19 academies and free schools as further education providers, so their inspections are not in the data on state-funded schools that we use. Type a postcode, a city or a school's name to see the nearest ones by straight-line distance, with their latest Ofsted inspection and their A level results.

Distances are in a straight line. For places, each school's or college's admission arrangements set how distance is measured: check them with the school or the council.

Two rulers that do not convert

Ofsted says the new grades cannot be compared with the old ones. Here each inspection keeps its own ruler and its date; nothing is converted or averaged. Ofsted ratings explained sets out each grade.

Before: four grades, one overall

4Inadequate
3Requires improvement
2Good
1Outstanding

From 1 September 2024 the overall grade was dropped: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management were still graded one to four, separately, as were sixth form and early years provision where the school had them. An ungraded inspection ends with a statement in Ofsted’s data, such as “school remains good”; where Ofsted’s data adds “(Concerns) - S5 Next” or “(Improving) - S5 Next”, we write “with concerns” or “improving” and link to the report.

Since 10 November 2025: five grades, area by area

Urgent improvement
Needs attention
Expected standard
Strong standard
Exceptional

Inclusion, curriculum and teaching, achievement, attendance and behaviour, personal development and wellbeing, leadership and governance and, where the school has them, early years and post-16 provision. Safeguarding is met or not met.

Schools by city

Birmingham 8 grammar schools, 88 secondary schools, 51 sixth forms and colleges
Bradford 35 secondary schools
Bristol 47 secondary schools, 33 sixth forms and colleges
Coventry 22 secondary schools, 20 sixth forms and colleges
Croydon 23 secondary schools, 19 sixth forms and colleges
Doncaster 20 secondary schools
Enfield 21 secondary schools, 20 sixth forms and colleges
Leeds 45 secondary schools, 24 sixth forms and colleges
Leicester 21 secondary schools, 5 sixth forms and colleges
Liverpool 32 secondary schools, 30 sixth forms and colleges
London 3 grammar schools, 267 secondary schools, 220 sixth forms and colleges
Manchester 2 grammar schools, 32 secondary schools, 9 sixth forms and colleges
Norwich 22 secondary schools, 12 sixth forms and colleges
Nottingham 19 secondary schools, 12 sixth forms and colleges
Plymouth 3 grammar schools, 19 secondary schools, 17 sixth forms and colleges
Preston 22 secondary schools
Sheffield 30 secondary schools, 17 sixth forms and colleges
Walsall 2 grammar schools, 19 secondary schools
Wirral 6 grammar schools, 20 secondary schools
Wolverhampton 20 secondary schools, 19 sixth forms and colleges

Sources

Ofsted: management information, state-funded schools, latest inspections as at 30 September 2026, accessed 30 October 2026.
Ofsted: Education inspection framework for use from November 2025 (further education and skills providers include 16 to 19 academies and free schools), accessed 2 November 2026.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance, academic year 2025/26 (provisional), school, local authority and England data, accessed 31 October 2026.
Department for Education: 16 to 19 performance, academic year 2024/25 (final), A level results by school and for England, accessed 31 October 2026.
Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, register of schools (all establishments, 30 October 2026), accessed 30 October 2026.

Last updated 2 November 2026.