St George's School is a secondary academy in Harpenden, United Kingdom with 1,351 pupils, part of St George's School, Harpenden Academy Trust. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Head of Finance (closes 7 December).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Andy Ford, Headteacher
Trust or group
St George's School, Harpenden Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,351 pupils · 49% girls · 4.3% eligible for free school meals · 20.0% with English as an additional language · 109 boarders DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
72 (5.3%) on SEN support · 29 (2.1%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
The Opportunity - Head of Finance St George’s School is seeking a dynamic and agile individual to lead and manage the delivery of our financial operations. This is an exciting…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
65.6
85.3%
2024/25
63.7
76.6%
2023/24
64.2
80.6%
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
79.8
16.9
–
0
£54,735
2024/25
75.6
18.0
7%
0
£50,455
2023/24
78.9
17.5
12%
0
£46,909
2022/23
78.8
17.4
6%
0
£44,737
2021/22
77.8
17.3
16%
0
£44,984
2020/21
78.5
17.3
6%
0
£44,545
Earlier years (2012/13 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
81.3
17.0
10%
0
£41,654
2018/19
81.0
17.0
13%
0
£39,951
2017/18
78.6
17.0
13%
0
£40,637
2016/17
86.6
15.3
16%
0
£38,722
2015/16
87.1
15.2
13%
0
£37,892
2014/15
94.4
14.0
18%
0
£39,144
2013/14
97.5
13.6
18%
0
£38,567
2012/13
96.4
13.7
13%
0
£37,428
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.9%
0.3%
10.9%
0.3%
2024/25
5.6%
0.3%
10.6%
1.3%
2023/24
5.5%
0.5%
10.6%
1.7%
2022/23
6.3%
0.4%
17.0%
1.1%
2021/22
10.8%
0.3%
40.9%
0.9%
2020/21
3.5%
0.1%
8.7%
0.3%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.8%
0.3%
9.7%
0.8%
2017/18
5.6%
0.2%
21.0%
0.1%
2016/17
4.9%
0.1%
9.4%
0.5%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.