The Schools Guru
The Schools GuruYour personal AI advisor on schools and colleges in EnglandLet's talk 💬

St Francis College

 

Contact Details

Address:
 Broadway
 Letchworth Garden City
 Hertfordshire SG6 3PJ
Telephone: 01462 670511

School Type

Phase: Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form (ages 3-18)
Type: Independent School
Religious Denomination: Christian
Admissions Policy: Selective
Established: 1947
History: This school arose from St Francis College

Fees and Scholarships

Day Fees*: £4,061 to £6,866 (excl VAT)
Boarding Fees*: £9,074 to £12,981 (excl VAT)
Scholarships and Bursaries: Available
* Per term

Staff and Pupils

Headteacher: Mrs Julia Spence (since March 2025)
Previous Headteacher: James Nichols (went to Gillford Centre)
Number of pupils: 264
Boarders: Yes (38 pupils)
Bording type: Weekly and full boarding
Sex: Girls
Eligible for free school meals (FSM): 0.0% (low)
FSM pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 24.6%
Local child deprivation rate: 12.1% (4km radius)
Ethnic minority pupils at 10 nearest schools†: 29.9%
Distance to 10th nearest school†: 2.2km
† Schools of the same phase (primary or secondary) for which data are available

Location and Administration

Authority: Hertfordshire
Electoral Ward: Letchworth South West
School Number: 9196029
Associations: GSA, AGBIS and ISBA

Inspections and Reports

Ofsted Report: None
ISI* Report: 19th March 2024 (view report)
* Independent Schools Inspectorate

External Links

DfE Record: View record
School Performance Table: View record
Independent Schools Council: View profile
The Schools Guru: Let's talk 💬
 
 

Nearby Schools

  1. St Christopher School (0.7km) show on map
  2. St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (0.7km) show on map
  3. The Highfield School (0.8km) show on map
  4. Pixmore Junior School (0.8km) show on map
  5. North Herts Education Support Centre (0.8km) show on map
  6. Hillshott Infant School and Nursery (1.1km) show on map
  7. Fearnhill School (1.1km) show on map
  8. Icknield Infant and Nursery School (1.1km) show on map
  9. Lordship Farm Primary School (1.2km) show on map
  10. Wilbury Junior School (1.2km) show on map
  11. Garden City Academy (1.6km) show on map
  12. Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy (2.1km) show on map
  13. Highover Primary School (2.2km) show on map
  14. Purwell Primary School (2.3km) show on map
  15. Stonehill School (2.3km) show on map
  16. Northfields Infants and Nursery School (2.5km) show on map
  17. The Grange Academy (2.6km) show on map
  18. Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School (2.7km) show on map
  19. St Mary's Infants' School (2.8km) show on map
  20. St Mary's Junior Mixed School (2.8km) show on map
  21. Weston Way Nursery School (3.1km) show on map
  22. Ickleford Primary School (3.1km) show on map
  23. Brandles School (3.1km) show on map
  24. Fairfield Park Lower School (3.1km) show on map
  25. Mary Exton Primary School (3.2km) show on map
  26. Our Lady Catholic Primary School (3.2km) show on map
  27. St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided... (3.3km) show on map
  28. William Ransom Primary School (3.3km) show on map
  29. Strathmore Infant and Nursery School (3.4km) show on map
  30. The Knights Templar School (3.4km) show on map
  31. York Road Nursery School (3.6km) show on map
  32. The Priory School (3.6km) show on map
  33. St John Roman Catholic Primary School (3.7km) show on map
  34. Hitchin Girls' School (3.7km) show on map
  35. Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School (3.8km) show on map
  36. Wilshere-Dacre Junior Academy (3.9km) show on map
  37. Hitchin Boys' School (4.0km) show on map
  38. Highbury Infant School and Nursery (4.1km) show on map
  39. Whitehill Junior School (4.1km) show on map
  40. Kingshott School (4.1km) show on map
  41. Roecroft Lower School (4.3km) show on map
  42. Wymondley Junior Mixed and Infant School (4.3km) show on map
  43. Graveley Primary School (4.4km) show on map
  44. Oughton Primary and Nursery School (4.4km) show on map
  45. Samuel Lucas Primary School (4.5km) show on map
  46. Gothic Mede Academy (4.5km) show on map
  47. St Mary's CofE Academy Stotfold (4.9km) show on map
  48. Pix Brook Academy (4.9km) show on map
  49. St Ippolyts Church of England Aided Primary School (5.0km) show on map
  50. Weston Primary & Nursery School (5.0km) show on map
  51. Etonbury Academy (5.5km) show on map
  52. The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School (6.0km) show on map
  53. The Leys Primary and Nursery School (6.3km) show on map
  54. Round Diamond Primary School (6.4km) show on map
  55. Almond Hill Junior School (6.6km) show on map
  56. The Thomas Alleyne Academy (6.6km) show on map
  57. Giles Junior School (6.6km) show on map
  58. The Giles Infant and Nursery School (6.6km) show on map
  59. Derwent Primary School (6.7km) show on map
  60. Barclay Academy (6.8km) show on map
  61. Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School (6.8km) show on map
  62. Stondon Lower School (6.8km) show on map
  63. Pirton School (6.9km) show on map
  64. Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School (6.9km) show on map
  65. Woolenwick Junior School (7.2km) show on map
  66. Woolenwick Infant and Nursery School (7.2km) show on map
  67. Martins Wood Primary School (7.2km) show on map
  68. Fairlands Primary School (7.4km) show on map
  69. Raynsford Church of England Academy (7.4km) show on map
  70. Larwood School (7.5km) show on map
  71. Moss Bury Primary School and Nursery (7.5km) show on map
  72. Henlow Church of England Academy (7.7km) show on map
  73. The Nobel School (8.2km) show on map
  74. Bedwell Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  75. Saint Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  76. Preston Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  77. Lodge Farm Primary School (8.2km) show on map
  78. Camps Hill Primary School (8.4km) show on map
  79. Broom Barns Primary School (8.5km) show on map
  80. Clifton All Saints Academy (8.5km) show on map
  81. Offley Endowed Primary School and Nursery (8.7km) show on map
  82. North Hertfordshire College (8.7km) show on map
  83. St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School and Nursery (8.9km) show on map
  84. Marriotts School (8.9km) show on map
  85. Lonsdale School (8.9km) show on map
  86. Meppershall Church of England Academy (9.0km) show on map
  87. Ashwell Primary School (9.2km) show on map
  88. Samuel Whitbread Academy (9.3km) show on map
  89. Stevenage Education Support Centre (9.4km) show on map
  90. Shillington Lower School (9.4km) show on map
  91. Walkern Primary School (9.5km) show on map
  92. Peartree Way Nursery School (9.6km) show on map
  93. Ashtree Primary Academy (9.6km) show on map
  94. St Margaret Clitherow Roman Catholic Primary ... (9.6km) show on map
  95. The Valley School (9.7km) show on map
  96. Peartree Spring Primary School (9.7km) show on map
  97. Featherstone Wood Primary School (9.9km) show on map
  98. Roebuck Academy (10.0km) show on map
  99. Langford Village Academy (10.0km) show on map
  100. Greenside School (10.0km) show on map
Note: If school locations don't appear on the map then try zooming out

Associated Schools

Predecessor Schools†
† Establishments now closed from which this school arose, or with which it has merged

Similar Schools*

  1. Kent College Pembury, Tunbridge Wells
  2. More House School, Knightsbridge
  3. Tormead School, Guildford
  4. Palmers Green High School, London
  5. St Catherine's School, Guildford
  6. The Kingsley School, Leamington Spa
  7. RGS Dodderhill, Droitwich Spa
  8. St Mary's School, cambridge
  9. St Mary's School, Gerrards Cross
  10. The Maynard School, Exeter
  11. Nazene Danielle School of Performing Arts, Liverpool
  12. Nottingham Girls' High School GDST
  13. Sydenham & Dulwich Girls GDST, London
  14. Channing School, Highgate
  15. Queen's Gate School, London
  16. St Augustine's Priory, London
  17. North London Collegiate School, Middlesex
  18. Surbiton High School, Kingston upon Thames
  19. Redmaids' High School, Bristol
  20. St Margaret's School, London
  21. Brighton Girls GDST
  22. Guildford High School
  23. St Teresa's School, Dorking
  24. Streatham & Clapham High School GDST, London
  25. Notre Dame School, Cobham
  26. Queen's College, London
  27. Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
  28. Chafyn-Godolphin, Salisbury
  29. Bedales School, Petersfield
  30. The Queen's School, Chester
  31. The Marist School, Ascot
  32. Northampton High School GDST, Northamptonshire
  33. Northwood College for Girls GDST
  34. Prior's Field School, Godalming
  35. St Helen's School, Northwood
  36. St Nicholas' School, Fleet
  37. MEPA Academy, Maidstone
  38. Al-Zahra School, London
  39. Sherborne School for Girls
  40. Headington School Oxford
  41. Wimbledon High School GDST, London
  42. Notting Hill & Ealing High School GDST, London
  43. Progress Schools - Gorton, Manchester
  44. Queenswood School, Hatfield
  45. Beis Trana Girls' School, London
  46. Haberdashers' Girls' School, Borehamwood
  47. Bere Clinic School, Waterlooville
  48. South Hampstead High School GDST, London
  49. St Mary's School for Girls, Colchester
  50. St Albans High School for Girls
  51. Walthamstow Hall, Sevenoaks
  52. Tudor Hall School, Banbury
  53. The Abbey School Reading
  54. Roehampton Hospital School, London
  55. Bilsdale Midcable Chop Gate Church of England Voluntary Controlle...
  56. ArtsEd Day School & Sixth Form, London
  57. St Swithuns, Winchester
  58. Shrewsbury High School
  59. Vishnitz Girls School, London
  60. Putney High School GDST, London
  61. Westfield School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  62. Francis Holland School, London
  63. Moreton Hall School, Oswestry
  64. Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch Schools, Salford
  65. Manchester High School for Girls
  66. Queen Mary's School, Thirsk
  67. Sheffield High School GDST
  68. Badminton School, Bristol
  69. Rosa House School, Burnley
  70. Portsmouth High School GDST, Southsea
  71. Heathfield School, Ascot
  72. Abbot's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead
  73. St Helen and St Katharine, Abingdon
  74. Leehurst Swan School, Salisbury
  75. Adcote School for Girls, Shrewsbury
  76. Stormont School, Potters Bar
  77. Sapience Girls Academy, Oldham
  78. Bnois Jerusalem Girls School, London
  79. Farlington School, Horsham
  80. St Hilda's School, Harpenden
  81. Oxford High School GDST
  82. St. Dominic's Grammar School, Stafford
  83. Royal Masonic School for Girls, Rickmansworth
  84. Manor House School, Leatherhead
  85. James Allen's Girls' School, London
  86. Rowan Preparatory School, Esher
  87. Blackheath High School GDST, London
  88. Leicester High School for Girls
  89. Withington Girls' School, Manchester
  90. King's High School, Warwickshire
  91. Notre Dame Preparatory School, Cobham
  92. Gateways School, Leeds
  93. Bolton School Girls' Division
  94. The Mount School (York)
  95. Burgess Hill Girls
  96. Bryanston School, Blandford Forum
  97. St Christopher's School, London
  98. Norwich High School for Girls GDST
  99. Merchant Taylors' Schools, Liverpool
  100. The Old Vicarage School, Richmond
* Based on pupil profiles – see About page for details

 | Copyright © 2026 |