East of England
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire
82 secondary schools in Hertfordshire.
Ofsted among secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Good30
Outstanding16
Requires improvement2
Inadequate1
No overall grade33
49 of these schools carry a historic one-word grade. The remaining 33 either have no published outcome or were inspected under a newer framework with no overall grade; current report cards instead grade separate aspects of the school. What changed.
- Last overall grade still shown
- 49
- Current framework (no overall grade)
- 33
- Average days since inspection
- 840
- Framework mix
- 49 historic, 33 current, 0 none
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Sorted by Progress 8 lower confidence bound, so a noisy positive is not ranked as a win. A Progress 8 interval that spans zero is not treated as above average — +0.2 with a ±0.4 interval is noise.
82 schools
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandringham SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Outstanding 2024 | 65.1 | 1.060.88 to 1.25 | |
| Yavneh CollegeAcademy converter | Borehamwood | Good 2023 | 61.6 | 0.970.74 to 1.19 | |
| Dame Alice Owen's SchoolAcademy converter | Potters Bar | Outstanding 2023 | 72.9 | 0.920.72 to 1.13 | |
| Beaumont SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | No overall grade | 62.6 | 0.890.70 to 1.08 | |
| Roundwood Park SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | Outstanding 2023 | 59.5 | 0.790.59 to 0.99 | |
| Sir John Lawes SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | Outstanding 2023 | 62.8 | 0.790.58 to 0.99 | |
| St Clement Danes SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Outstanding 2024 | 65.1 | 0.740.55 to 0.93 | |
| Parmiter's SchoolAcademy converter | Watford | Outstanding 2024 | 66.5 | 0.740.54 to 0.94 | |
| Watford Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter | Watford | Outstanding 2024 | 68.2 | 0.740.54 to 0.95 | |
| The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Stevenage | Good 2024 | 57.9 | 0.720.54 to 0.90 | |
| Nicholas Breakspear Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Outstanding 2023 | 56.4 | 0.750.53 to 0.96 | |
| Watford Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter | Watford | Report card 2026 | 68.9 | 0.720.53 to 0.91 | |
| Loreto CollegeAcademy converter | St Albans | No overall grade | 58.3 | 0.710.49 to 0.94 | |
| St George's SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | No overall grade | 63.7 | 0.650.43 to 0.86 | |
| The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | Outstanding 2023 | 63.6 | 0.650.43 to 0.86 | |
| Hitchin Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | Hitchin | No overall grade | 57.8 | 0.620.42 to 0.82 | |
| Freman CollegeAcademy converter | Buntingford | Good 2024 | 53.1 | 0.580.40 to 0.77 | |
| Presdales SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Outstanding 2024 | 58.9 | 0.610.39 to 0.83 | |
| Hitchin Boys' SchoolAcademy converter | Hitchin | Report card 2025 | 57.1 | 0.570.38 to 0.77 | |
| St Albans Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | No overall grade | 58.8 | 0.550.37 to 0.74 | |
| The Chauncy SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Outstanding 2023 | 49.5 | 0.530.33 to 0.72 | |
| Katherine Warington SchoolFree schools | Harpenden | Good 2024 | 54.8 | 0.480.26 to 0.69 | |
| Simon Balle All-Through SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 | 0.450.24 to 0.67 | |
| St Mary's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | No overall grade | 57.6 | 0.430.22 to 0.63 | |
| The Nobel SchoolFoundation school | Stevenage | Good 2023 | 50.2 | 0.380.19 to 0.56 | |
| Ashlyns SchoolFoundation school | Berkhamsted | Good 2023 | 57.9 | 0.360.18 to 0.54 | |
| Verulam SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Good 2024 | 52.5 | 0.400.17 to 0.63 | |
| Chancellor's SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Good 2023 | 47.6 | 0.350.15 to 0.54 | |
| Samuel Ryder AcademyAcademy sponsor led | St Albans | Report card 2026 | 56.5 | 0.350.15 to 0.55 | |
| Saint Joan of Arc Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Good 2023 | 50.6 | 0.340.15 to 0.53 | |
| Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Outstanding 2022 | 51.9 | 0.380.13 to 0.62 | |
| Rickmansworth SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Outstanding 2023 | 61.2 | 0.300.11 to 0.49 | |
| Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | Good 2022 | 61.7 | 0.380.10 to 0.66 | |
| Goffs - Churchgate AcademyAcademy converter | Waltham Cross | Report card 2026 | 42.6 | 0.370.10 to 0.64 | |
| Richard Hale SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | Good 2024 | 56.3 | 0.310.10 to 0.53 | |
| Monk's Walk SchoolAcademy converter | Welwyn Garden City | Good 2023 | 50.8 | 0.240.05 to 0.43 | |
| Tring SchoolAcademy converter | Tring | Good 2023 | 50.5 | 0.240.05 to 0.42 | |
| Goffs AcademyAcademy converter | Waltham Cross | Good 2023 | 49.1 | 0.220.03 to 0.40 | |
| Queens' SchoolAcademy converter | Bushey | No overall grade | 57.5 | 0.200.02 to 0.37 | |
| The Bishop's Stortford High SchoolFoundation school | Bishop's Stortford | Outstanding 2023 | 60.2 | 0.230.01 to 0.45 | |
| Stanborough SchoolAcademy converter | Welwyn Garden City | Good 2023 | 47.9 | 0.18-0.04 to 0.39 · not a win | |
| John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | Report card 2026 | 47.9 | 0.15-0.05 to 0.36 · not a win | |
| Barclay AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stevenage | Good 2023 | 49.5 | 0.17-0.09 to 0.43 · not a win | |
| Saint Michael's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Watford | No overall grade | 50.9 | 0.13-0.09 to 0.34 · not a win | |
| Townsend Church of England SchoolVoluntary aided school | St Albans | Good 2024 | 46.7 | 0.14-0.10 to 0.39 · not a win | |
| The Broxbourne SchoolAcademy converter | Broxbourne | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 | 0.10-0.10 to 0.30 · not a win | |
| King James Academy RoystonAcademy converter | Royston | Good 2024 | 40.3 | 0.19-0.11 to 0.48 · not a win | |
| Croxley Danes SchoolFree schools | Rickmansworth | Report card 2026 | 51.3 | 0.10-0.12 to 0.31 · not a win | |
| LeventhorpeAcademy converter | Sawbridgeworth | Good 2024 | 49.6 | 0.05-0.13 to 0.23 · not a win | |
| Kings Langley SchoolAcademy converter | Kings Langley | Good 2024 | 48.6 | 0.07-0.14 to 0.27 · not a win | |
| Robert Barclay AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hoddesdon | Good 2023 | 44.2 | 0.11-0.15 to 0.37 · not a win | |
| The Thomas Alleyne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stevenage | No overall grade | 48 | 0.04-0.18 to 0.26 · not a win | |
| Westfield AcademyAcademy converter | Watford | No overall grade | 41.4 | -0.03-0.23 to 0.17 · not a win | |
| The Priory SchoolFoundation school | Hitchin | Good 2022 | 48.5 | -0.05-0.25 to 0.15 · not a win | |
| St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Academy converter | Waltham Cross | Good 2023 | 45 | -0.07-0.26 to 0.12 · not a win | |
| Birchwood High SchoolAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | No overall grade | 46.1 | -0.08-0.27 to 0.11 · not a win | |
| The Reach Free SchoolFree schools | Rickmansworth | No overall grade | 44.2 | -0.02-0.29 to 0.25 · not a win | |
| Haileybury TurnfordAcademy sponsor led | Waltham Cross | Report card 2026 | 43.3 | -0.05-0.29 to 0.20 · not a win | |
| The Marlborough Science AcademyAcademy converter | St Albans | Good 2023 | 43.4 | -0.10-0.30 to 0.10 · not a win | |
| The Hemel Hempstead SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | Report card 2026 | 49.9 | -0.14-0.33 to 0.06 · not a win | |
| Future Academies WatfordAcademy sponsor led | Watford | No overall grade | 39.8 | -0.16-0.36 to 0.04 · not a win | |
| Hertswood AcademyAcademy converter | Borehamwood | No overall grade | 38.3 | -0.19-0.39 to 0.02 · not a win | |
| Fearnhill SchoolFoundation school | Letchworth | Report card 2026 | 38.9 | -0.14-0.41 to 0.13 · not a win | |
| Laureate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2023 | 41.7 | -0.22-0.46 to 0.02 · not a win | |
| The Knights Templar SchoolAcademy converter | Baldock | Good 2023 | 48.5 | -0.27-0.47 to -0.08 | |
| Longdean SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | No overall grade | 42.4 | -0.29-0.47 to -0.11 | |
| The Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bushey | No overall grade | 41.3 | -0.29-0.52 to -0.05 | |
| Barnwell SchoolFoundation school | Stevenage | Report card 2026 | 41.5 | -0.32-0.52 to -0.12 | |
| The Sele SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | No overall grade | 35.7 | -0.26-0.56 to 0.04 · not a win | |
| Marriotts SchoolCommunity school | Stevenage | Report card 2026 | 42.4 | -0.37-0.56 to -0.18 | |
| Onslow St Audrey's SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Good 2023 | 36.6 | -0.36-0.62 to -0.10 | |
| Bushey Meads SchoolAcademy converter | Bushey | No overall grade | 43.6 | -0.45-0.66 to -0.24 | |
| Ridgeway AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Welwyn Garden City | No overall grade | 35.7 | -0.47-0.69 to -0.26 | |
| The Astley Cooper SchoolCommunity school | Hemel Hempstead | Report card 2026 | 34.7 | -0.60-0.82 to -0.38 | |
| Elstree Screen Arts AcademyUniversity technical college | Borehamwood | No overall grade | 39.1 | -0.79-1.07 to -0.51 | |
| The Adeyfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2023 | 35.1 | -0.97-1.25 to -0.68 | |
| Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolFree schools | Bishops Stortford | No overall grade | — | — | |
| Edwinstree Church of England Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Buntingford | Good 2024 | — | — | |
| Gracewood AcademyAcademy converter | Potters Bar | Requires improvement 2022 | — | — | |
| Ralph Sadleir SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Requires improvement 2024 | — | — | |
| The Highfield SchoolAcademy converter | Letchworth Garden City | Good 2023 | 41.7 | — | |
| The John Warner SchoolAcademy converter | Hoddesdon | Inadequate 2022 | 40.8 | — |