Beaumont School started life in 1938 and has grown over the years to a school of 1200 students including 300 in the sixth form. We are situated in the east of St Albans in Hertfordshire and are within easy access of the centre of this ancient city.

We have an excellent reputation built on hard work and excellent teaching. In 2003 we achieved Language College status and in 2007 we were identified as a High Performing Specialist School. Consequently we were invited to apply for a second specialism in Maths and Computing which we took on in 2008. Our specialisms keep us at the forefront of curriculum developments in these areas but at the same time we continue to offer a broad and balanced curriculum with very high standards in all subjects.

Beaumont has a large sixth form and works closely in partnership with two local schools, Sandringham and Verulam, to provide a sixth form curriculum that is second to none. This leading edge consortium of three schools is linked with Oaklands College to provide further 14-19 specialist courses, and is at the forefront of developments in research into teaching and learning to benefit all students and staff.

The staff create an orderly and purposeful environment which is often commented upon by visitors to the school. Relationships between staff and students are excellent. We recognise and reward both effort and achievement. We welcome new students with care and sensitivity and work hard to build a distinctive ethos and atmosphere where they can be happy as well as successful. We want our students to leave Beaumont equipped to be 'lifelong learners' with positive attitudes about their own future development.

We seek to promote global citizenship through our curriculum and the development of links and supporting activities with the wider community, including partner schools all over the world. We were delighted to be recognised in this respect with the achievement of the International School Award in 2007 from the British Council. We work closely with the learning community beyond the school; this includes teaching languages in twelve local primary schools and to the University of the Third Age, support for minority languages on site, and the provision of adult education classes to the local community through the BeauSandVer community programme. We are members of the North East St Albans Extended Schools Consortium (Nexus) and in 2008 were awarded an Extended Schools Award for "providing access to the full core offer of extended services to improve achievement, promoting parent and community engagement".