Samuel Ryder Academy
School or sixth form · St. Albans · East of England
- Courses for school leavers
- 30
- Subject areas covered
- 14
- Courses listed in total
- 30
What Ofsted found
Find the report on OfstedPost-16 provision:Expected standard2026
Inspected on 21 April 2026 under the framework introduced in November 2025, which grades separate areas and gives no overall grade.
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Before that, their overall effectiveness was Good when they were inspected on 29 June 2022. That grade is from the older framework, so it is not directly comparable with the grades above.
Published by Ofsted and reused under the Open Government Licence. We show these judgements but never rank or order colleges by them: a grade from one framework cannot be set against a grade from another.
What they cover, and at what level
A filled cell means at least one course. Gaps matter: if you want Level 3 in a subject they only teach at Level 2, you would need to go elsewhere later.
| Subject | Level 3 |
|---|---|
| Art and design | Offered |
| Business and enterprise | Offered |
| Computing and IT | Offered |
| Drama and dance | Offered |
| English | Offered |
| History and humanities | Offered |
| Languages | Offered |
| Maths | Offered |
| Media and film | Offered |
| Music | Offered |
| Psychology and society | Offered |
| Science | Offered |
| Skills for life and work | Offered |
| Sport and fitness | Offered |
Campuses
- Samuel Ryder Academy · St Albans · AL1 5AR