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Rickmansworth School

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,575Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136606URN

Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
6.4per place
3.4 above Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

1,506 applications for 237 places · 3rd of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
63.7of 90
9th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 19 September 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionGood

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
6.4applications per place, Year 7
3.4 above Hertfordshire median (3.0) 4.1 above England median (2.2)

1,506 applications · 237 places offered · 292 named it first

  1. 2026 6.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 6.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 6.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 5.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 5.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 5.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 6.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 5.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 5.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 5.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 13 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 20262371,5066.42921.23
Sep 20252321,5566.73111.34
Sep 20242361,5126.43221.36
Sep 20232351,3225.62501.06
Sep 20222621,3055.02190.84
Sep 20212701,2574.71990.74
Sep 20202221,2145.51900.86
Sep 20192241,2665.71960.88
Sep 20182221,1905.42301.04
Sep 20171951,2286.31860.95
Sep 20162221,1615.22381.07
Sep 20151961,1625.92211.13
Sep 20141901,1295.91800.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

269 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)63.79th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths79%7th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths91%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.30
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26963.779%91%–
2024/2522661.281%91%–
2023/2422258.073%89%+0.30
2022/2322161.680%95%+0.55

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

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  • 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
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136606 · 919/5400
Trust
Rickmansworth School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,575 pupils · 1,575 on roll
Free school meals
6.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2011
Replaced
Rickmansworth School (URN 117572)
Address
Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Three Rivers

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