Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 17 March 2026Report card · 1 Strong standard, 6 Expected standard
- 7 December 2022Graded inspection: Good · as The Hemel Hempstead School, URN 117500
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns) · as The Hemel Hempstead School, URN 117500
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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 entry844 applications · 210 places offered · 261 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2022 4.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2021 4.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2020 4.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 4.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2018 4.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2017 4.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2016 4.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2015 4.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 4.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Hemel Hempstead School (URN 117500), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 210 | 844 | 4.0 | 261 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 837 | 3.9 | 245 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2024 | 210 | 902 | 4.3 | 262 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2023 * | 216 | 910 | 4.2 | 268 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2022 * | 211 | 922 | 4.4 | 285 | 1.35 |
| Sep 2021 * | 214 | 1,024 | 4.8 | 310 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2020 * | 216 | 1,008 | 4.7 | 305 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2019 * | 217 | 963 | 4.4 | 257 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2018 * | 186 | 910 | 4.9 | 247 | 1.33 |
| Sep 2017 * | 184 | 875 | 4.8 | 267 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2016 * | 186 | 854 | 4.6 | 231 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 * | 185 | 859 | 4.6 | 212 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 * | 180 | 815 | 4.5 | 228 | 1.27 |
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.) | 214 | 47.3 | 50% | 68% | – |
| 2024/25 | 209 | 49.9 | 51% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 212 | 47.8 | 46% | 72% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 * | 184 | 48.5 | 47% | 72% | −0.14 |
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
- The Hemel Hempstead SchoolThis schoolThis school20264.0applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 1.0 km · HertfordshireGood20231.3applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Hertfordshire20262.6applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Hertfordshire20261.6applications per place 33.5Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20243.3applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 8.0 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20246.8applications per place 65.0Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149500 · 919/4005
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils · 1,287 on roll
- Free school meals
- 19.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2023
- Replaced
- The Hemel Hempstead School (URN 117500)
- Address
- Heath Lane, The Hemel Hempstead School, Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TX
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Dacorum
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources