Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 9 July 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 4 December 2019Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry520 applications · 168 places offered · 189 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2017 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2016 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 2015 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2014 3.8; 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 | 168 | 520 | 3.1 | 189 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2025 | 175 | 467 | 2.7 | 196 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2024 | 185 | 540 | 2.9 | 198 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2023 | 190 | 494 | 2.6 | 182 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 180 | 506 | 2.8 | 163 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 | 180 | 517 | 2.9 | 152 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 525 | 3.0 | 162 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 607 | 3.4 | 177 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2018 | 179 | 579 | 3.2 | 201 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2017 | 181 | 677 | 3.7 | 254 | 1.40 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 611 | 3.4 | 245 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2015 | 164 | 571 | 3.5 | 170 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2014 | 165 | 631 | 3.8 | 181 | 1.10 |
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.) | 176 | 54.0 | 61% | 78% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 56.3 | 66% | 81% | – |
| 2023/24 | 175 | 53.8 | 66% | 83% | +0.31 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 55.2 | 65% | 86% | +0.38 |
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
- Richard Hale SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.1applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20245.4applications per place 52.9Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 35.1Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20233.0applications per place 49.4Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20242.5applications per place 58.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · HertfordshireSpecial measures Inadequate20221.8applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place 45.6Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.1applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 7.1 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 37.4Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 139873 · 919/4006
- Trust
- Richard Hale School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,218 pupils · 1,207 on roll
- Free school meals
- 9.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2013
- Replaced
- Richard Hale School (URN 117501)
- Address
- Hale Road, Hertford, SG13 8EN
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources