Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 25 January 2022Graded 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 entry769 applications · 165 places offered · 130 named it first
- 2026 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 4.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 4.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 5.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 5.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 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 | 165 | 769 | 4.7 | 130 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2025 | 172 | 770 | 4.5 | 132 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 823 | 4.8 | 125 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2023 | 173 | 973 | 5.6 | 213 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2022 | 172 | 991 | 5.8 | 222 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2021 | 174 | 980 | 5.6 | 198 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 175 | 980 | 5.6 | 172 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 935 | 5.2 | 139 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2018 | 178 | 763 | 4.3 | 101 | 0.57 |
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.) | 175 | 51.6 | 61% | 76% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 51.3 | 50% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 173 | 49.7 | 47% | 72% | +0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 178 | 52.6 | 60% | 79% | +0.35 |
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
- Croxley Danes SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.7applications per place 51.6Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · Hertfordshire20264.5applications per place 66.3Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.0applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20236.4applications per place 63.7Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20244.0applications per place 65.5Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 50.6Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20241.4applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20256.0applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20242.7applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144402 · 919/4025
- Capacity
- 1,206 pupils · 1,049 on roll
- Free school meals
- 15.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Address
- Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Three Rivers
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources