FULLY CO-ED FROM SEPTEMBER 2026

We recently announced that our Board of Governors voted unanimously to extend the co-educational provision in the School from the Sixth Form to the whole School. From September 2026, St Albans School will welcome both girls and boys into the First Form (Year 7).*

The St Albans School vision is to help each pupil flourish intellectually and personally, developing self-knowledge and self-confidence in order to find meaning and purpose in life. The move towards a fully co-educational setting underscores our commitment to this. It ensures that every bright child has the opportunity to benefit from an outstanding St Albans School education and to be a part of its enriching environment.

Our becoming fully co-educational is another exciting step forwards in the School’s long and successful history.

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* Subject to DfE approval

We are a school that is more popular than ever, and in the current climate we are proud to be flourishing and over-subscribed. Now, then, is the time to widen our offer, to move from strength to strength with confidence and ambition. I firmly believe, as do the Governors of the School, that the educational offer we make should be open to both boys and girls.

Joe Silvester, Headmaster

The reason to do this that weighed most with me is that St Albans School exists to prepare young people for the world after education. The world they will enter is vastly different from the one I experienced as a student here, particularly in the growing presence of women in leadership roles across all sectors. To thrive in this evolving landscape, our students - both boys and girls - must develop the interpersonal skills needed to collaborate, communicate, and succeed together. A truly modern education must reflect the world it prepares students for, and that means learning side by side.

As it has for many years, St Albans School is evolving into a better place.

Neil Osborn, Chairman of the Board of Governors