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Ashlyns School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,561Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 117578URN

Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
close to Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

638 applications for 231 places · 45th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.0of 90
27th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.8applications per place, Year 7
close to Hertfordshire median (3.0) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

638 applications · 231 places offered · 253 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262316382.82531.10
Sep 20252355992.62691.14
Sep 20242346632.82831.21
Sep 20232305982.62190.95
Sep 20222346252.72601.11
Sep 20212687292.72861.07
Sep 20202637362.83011.14
Sep 20192377483.22931.24
Sep 20182396802.92811.18
Sep 20172386552.82481.04
Sep 20162065592.72191.06
Sep 20152084932.42030.98
Sep 20141893832.01660.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

271 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.027th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%25th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.36
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)27154.063%79%–
2024/2523957.971%86%–
2023/2424253.862%79%+0.36
2022/2323452.060%80%+0.28

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
117578 · 919/5406
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,557 pupils · 1,561 on roll
Free school meals
11.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Dacorum

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources