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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 12 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 2 December 2015Graded inspection: Good
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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 entry681 applications · 224 places offered · 244 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2016 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 2015 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2014 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 224 | 681 | 3.0 | 244 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 661 | 3.1 | 229 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2024 | 221 | 693 | 3.1 | 255 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 219 | 704 | 3.2 | 275 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2022 | 236 | 684 | 2.9 | 264 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2021 | 234 | 647 | 2.8 | 246 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 230 | 677 | 2.9 | 241 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2019 | 233 | 685 | 2.9 | 291 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2018 | 227 | 604 | 2.7 | 208 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2017 | 229 | 542 | 2.4 | 178 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 201 | 483 | 2.4 | 143 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2015 | 213 | 468 | 2.2 | 168 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2014 | 144 | 435 | 3.0 | 112 | 0.78 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 43.7 | 40% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 241 | 42.4 | 35% | 56% | – |
| 2023/24 | 242 | 42.5 | 34% | 63% | −0.29 |
| 2022/23 | 236 | 45.5 | 45% | 70% | −0.08 |
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
- Longdean SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Hertfordshire20264.0applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20243.3applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · HertfordshireGood20231.3applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 3.8 km · Hertfordshire20261.6applications per place 33.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20246.8applications per place 65.0Attainment 8
- 6.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 42.6Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137110 · 919/4080
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,436 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Longdean School (URN 117523)
- Address
- Rumballs Rd, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8JB
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Dacorum
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources