Samuel Ryder Academy | All-through in St Albans | Ofsted & DfE

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

20%

RWM higher · 2024/25

82%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.5

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

40%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

917.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,577

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

20%

RWM higher · 2024/25

82%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.5

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

40%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

917.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,577

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

20%

RWM higher · 2024/25

82%

GCSE 9–4 · 2024/25

70%

GCSE 5+ · 2024/25

56.5

Attainment 8 · 2024/25

40%

EBacc entry · 2024/25

917.4

EBacc APS · 2024/25

1,577

Pupils · 2024/25

14%

EAL · 2024/25

21%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 29/06/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityHertfordshire

PhaseAll-through with sixth form

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio17.8:1

AdmissionsNon-selective

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of Samuel Ryder Academy · All-through · Hertfordshire

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

80%

+7pp

80%68%55%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

20%

+13pp

20%13%5%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 20%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

93%

Reading higher standard

55%

Writing expected standard

82%

Writing higher standard

20%

Maths expected standard

95%

Maths higher standard

57%

Science expected standard

93%

SPAG expected standard

90%

SPAG higher standard

60%

Reading scaled score

110.0

Maths scaled score

110.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

GCSE 9–4 incl. Eng & maths

82%

+9pp

82%76%71%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 82%

GCSE 5+ incl. Eng & maths

70%

+16pp

70%58%46%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 70%

Attainment 8

56.5

+6.1

56.552.448.3

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 56.5

EBacc entry

40%

+11pp

40%35%29%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 40%

EBacc APS

917.4

+87.5

917.4714.7512.0

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 917.4

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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS

35.4

+1.2

36.835.133.4

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 35.4

A-level value added

+0.00

+0.2

+0.20.0-0.2

'17'18'19'24'25

'25 · 0.0

AAB+ in facilitating subjects

10%

-1pp

21%11%0%

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · 10%

Average A-level grade

B-

B-C+C+

'19'22'23'24'25

'25 · B-

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

1,577

Pupil : teacher ratio

17.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

14%

FSM eligible

19%

SEN

14%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

21%

Contact

Address

Drakes Drive, St Albans, AL1 5AR

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Website

www.samuelryderacademy.co.uk

Telephone

01727859382

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	80%	20%	93%	55%	82%	20%	95%	57%	93%	90%	110.0	110.0	110.0	—	—	—	14%	1,577
2023/24	73%	7%	87%	35%	82%	20%	85%	35%	92%	83%	108.0	107.0	109.0	—	—	—	15%	1,556
2022/23	73%	18%	85%	35%	82%	25%	85%	33%	98%	85%	107.0	107.0	108.0	+1.90	+2.00	+1.90	14%	1,508
2018/19	55%	5%	68%	18%	80%	20%	70%	22%	87%	80%	103.0	103.0	105.0	-1.70	-0.60	-1.90	15%	1,201
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	17%	1,081
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	17%	882

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

Year	GCSE 9–4	GCSE 5+	Attainment 8	Progress 8	EBacc entry	EBacc APS	EBacc lang entry	Cohort
2024/25	82%	70%	56.5	Not applicable	40%	917.4	58%	1,577
2023/24	73%	54%	50.4	+0.35	29%	829.8	37%	1,556
2022/23	78%	58%	51.6	+0.36	30%	711.2	39%	1,508
2021/22	76%	60%	52.7	+0.29	33%	751.8	41%	1,460
2018/19	71%	46%	48.3	+0.33	39%	512.0	53%	1,201
2017/18	58%	32%	42.6	+0.09	32%	254.3	51%	1,081
2016/17	61%	18%	42.8	+0.42	32%	—	41%	882

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

Year	A-level APS	Avg grade	VA progress	AAB+	Cohort
2024/25	35.4	B-	+0.00	10%	78
2023/24	34.2	C+	-0.25	11%	81
2022/23	33.4	C+	—	2%	77
2021/22	36.8	B-	—	21%	47
2018/19	33.8	C+	-0.16	0%	19
2017/18	32.1	C+	+0.09	12%	21
2016/17	29.1	C	+0.19	0%	14

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	1,577	18.4	14%	14%	19%	7%	21%
2023/24	1,556	17.8	15%	15%	18%	6%	14%
2022/23	1,508	17.5	14%	15%	17%	6%	16%
2021/22	1,460	17.7	14%	15%	18%	6%	16%
2020/21	1,383	17.9	15%	16%	17%	—	—
2018/19	1,201	16.8	15%	21%	20%	4%	9%
2017/18	1,081	17.1	17%	24%	21%	5%	10%
2016/17	882	17.0	17%	26%	22%	5%	12%