Samuel Ryder Academy

Name: Open evening at Samuel Ryder Academy
Start: 2026-09-24T17:00:00
Location: Samuel Ryder Academy

Drakes Drive, St Albans, AL1 5AR

Academy sponsor led for ages 4–19 in St Albans. Mixed intake.

Samuel Ryder Academy is a large mixed academy sponsor-led all-through school in St Albans, Hertfordshire, teaching ages 4 to 19. It has a sixth form.

Ofsted rated it Good in September 2022.

Its GCSE Attainment 8 score was 56.5, and 69.7% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in English and maths. At Key Stage 2, 80% met the expected standard and 20% reached the higher standard. At A level, the average grade was B-, and 66% of students progressed to higher education.

Ages 4–19 · All-through

1,577 pupils · On roll

Academy sponsor led · Mixed

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Good

OfstedReport published Sep 2022

KS2 reading, writing and maths80%

(share of 11-year-olds reaching the level expected for their age in all three subjects at the end of primary school; 20% reached the higher standard — national average is 62%)

GCSE Attainment 856.5

(pupils averaged about grade 5+, the old grade B/C, in every subject — national average is 46.1)

GCSE grade 5+ in English and maths69.7%

(a grade 5 is a "strong pass", between the old C and B — this is the share of pupils managing it in both subjects; national average is 45.4%)

A-level average resultB−

(the government's average across A-level entries — results cluster around grade B; 9.8% of A-level students achieved AAB or higher, including at least two facilitating subjects)

DfE performance tables · 2024/25

Open days and visits at Samuel Ryder Academy

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Open evening
Thursday 24 September 2026 · 5pm
samuelryderacademy.co.uk last checked 11 September
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