Report card · inspected May 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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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 entry452 applications · 174 places offered · 169 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2022 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2020 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2018 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2017 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2016 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as John F Kennedy Catholic School (URN 117557), 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 | 174 | 452 | 2.6 | 169 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2025 | 158 | 423 | 2.7 | 154 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 151 | 483 | 3.2 | 169 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 * | 158 | 462 | 2.9 | 142 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2022 * | 158 | 463 | 2.9 | 155 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 * | 160 | 511 | 3.2 | 156 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2020 * | 157 | 577 | 3.7 | 177 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 * | 155 | 574 | 3.7 | 179 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 * | 146 | 539 | 3.7 | 170 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2017 * | 155 | 535 | 3.5 | 189 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2016 * | 153 | 535 | 3.5 | 189 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2015 * | 152 | 565 | 3.7 | 194 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2014 * | 154 | 540 | 3.5 | 167 | 1.08 |
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.) | 178 | 51.9 | 63% | 82% | – |
| 2024/25 | 178 | 47.9 | 55% | 75% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 50.9 | 56% | 79% | +0.15 |
| 2022/23 * | 180 | 49.2 | 53% | 76% | +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
- John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.6applications per place 51.9Attainment 8
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGood20231.3applications per place 42.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Hertfordshire20264.0applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Hertfordshire20261.6applications per place 33.5Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · HertfordshireGood20232.8applications per place 54.0Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20243.3applications per place 46.9Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · BuckinghamshireGraded · no overall grade20255.9applications per place 75.6Attainment 8 Selective
- 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
- 149743 · 919/4619
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,243 pupils · 1,073 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2023
- Replaced
- John F Kennedy Catholic School (URN 117557)
- Address
- Hollybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Dacorum
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources