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The Adeyfield Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 858Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145430URN

Longlands, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4DE · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.7per place
0.2 below Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

468 applications for 171 places · 47th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.7of 90
70th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 10 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
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
2.7applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Hertfordshire median (3.0) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

468 applications · 171 places offered · 166 named it first

  1. 2026 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 1.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Adeyfield School (URN 117512), the previous school.

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 20261714682.71660.97
Sep 20251724722.71931.12
Sep 20241703642.11240.73
Sep 20231663061.81160.70
Sep 20221623101.91160.72
Sep 20211442641.8960.67
Sep 20201392641.9890.64
Sep 20191412741.9670.48
Sep 2018 *1362992.2950.70
Sep 2017 *1182882.4780.66
Sep 2016 *842462.9760.90
Sep 2015 *862943.4810.94
Sep 2014 *1012712.7920.91

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

138 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.770th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%68th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths49%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.97
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13838.731%49%–
2024/2513035.122%47%–
2023/2410029.217%32%−0.97
2022/2310435.224%50%−0.58

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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145430 · 919/4032
Trust
Ambition Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
848 pupils · 858 on roll
Free school meals
34.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2018
Replaced
Adeyfield School (URN 117512)
Address
Longlands, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4DE
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Dacorum

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