East of England
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire
574 schools, 222,236 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 45.2.
Ofsted across Hertfordshire
Good256
Outstanding57
Requires improvement15
Inadequate1
No overall grade245
329 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 245 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Alice Owen's SchoolAcademy converter | Potters Bar | Outstanding 2023 | 72.9 |
| Watford Grammar School for BoysAcademy converter | Watford | No grade | 68.9 |
| Watford Grammar School for GirlsAcademy converter | Watford | Outstanding 2024 | 68.2 |
| Parmiter's SchoolAcademy converter | Watford | Outstanding 2024 | 66.5 |
| Sandringham SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Outstanding 2024 | 65.1 |
| St Clement Danes SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Outstanding 2024 | 65.1 |
| St George's SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | No grade | 63.7 |
| The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | Outstanding 2023 | 63.6 |
| Sir John Lawes SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | Outstanding 2023 | 62.8 |
| Beaumont SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | No grade | 62.6 |
| Hockerill Anglo-European CollegeAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | Good 2022 | 61.7 |
| Yavneh CollegeAcademy converter | Borehamwood | Good 2023 | 61.6 |
| Rickmansworth SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Outstanding 2023 | 61.2 |
| The Bishop's Stortford High SchoolFoundation school | Bishop's Stortford | Outstanding 2023 | 60.2 |
| Roundwood Park SchoolAcademy converter | Harpenden | Outstanding 2023 | 59.5 |
| Presdales SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Outstanding 2024 | 58.9 |
| St Albans Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | No grade | 58.8 |
| Loreto CollegeAcademy converter | St Albans | No grade | 58.3 |
| Ashlyns SchoolFoundation school | Berkhamsted | Good 2023 | 57.9 |
| The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Stevenage | Good 2024 | 57.9 |
| Hitchin Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | Hitchin | No grade | 57.8 |
| St Mary's Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | No grade | 57.6 |
| Queens' SchoolAcademy converter | Bushey | No grade | 57.5 |
| Hitchin Boys' SchoolAcademy converter | Hitchin | No grade | 57.1 |
| Samuel Ryder AcademyAcademy sponsor led | St Albans | Good 2022 | 56.5 |
| Nicholas Breakspear Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Outstanding 2023 | 56.4 |
| Richard Hale SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | Good 2024 | 56.3 |
| Simon Balle All-Through SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 |
| The Broxbourne SchoolAcademy converter | Broxbourne | Outstanding 2024 | 55.4 |
| Katherine Warington SchoolFree schools | Harpenden | Good 2024 | 54.8 |
| Freman CollegeAcademy converter | Buntingford | Good 2024 | 53.1 |
| Verulam SchoolAcademy converter | St Albans | Good 2024 | 52.5 |
| Bishop's Hatfield Girls' SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Outstanding 2022 | 51.9 |
| Croxley Danes SchoolFree schools | Rickmansworth | No grade | 51.3 |
| Saint Michael's Catholic High SchoolAcademy converter | Watford | No grade | 50.9 |
| Monk's Walk SchoolAcademy converter | Welwyn Garden City | Good 2023 | 50.8 |
| Saint Joan of Arc Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Rickmansworth | Good 2023 | 50.6 |
| Tring SchoolAcademy converter | Tring | Good 2023 | 50.5 |
| The Nobel SchoolFoundation school | Stevenage | Good 2023 | 50.2 |
| The Hemel Hempstead SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | No grade | 49.9 |
| LeventhorpeAcademy converter | Sawbridgeworth | Good 2024 | 49.6 |
| The Chauncy SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Outstanding 2023 | 49.5 |
| Barclay AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stevenage | Good 2023 | 49.5 |
| Goffs AcademyAcademy converter | Waltham Cross | Good 2023 | 49.1 |
| Kings Langley SchoolAcademy converter | Kings Langley | Good 2024 | 48.6 |
| The Priory SchoolFoundation school | Hitchin | Good 2022 | 48.5 |
| The Knights Templar SchoolAcademy converter | Baldock | Good 2023 | 48.5 |
| The Thomas Alleyne AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Stevenage | No grade | 48 |
| Stanborough SchoolAcademy converter | Welwyn Garden City | Good 2023 | 47.9 |
| John F Kennedy Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | No grade | 47.9 |
| Chancellor's SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Good 2023 | 47.6 |
| Townsend Church of England SchoolVoluntary aided school | St Albans | Good 2024 | 46.7 |
| Birchwood High SchoolAcademy converter | Bishop's Stortford | No grade | 46.1 |
| St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)Academy converter | Waltham Cross | Good 2023 | 45 |
| The Reach Free SchoolFree schools | Rickmansworth | No grade | 44.2 |
| Robert Barclay AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hoddesdon | Good 2023 | 44.2 |
| Bushey Meads SchoolAcademy converter | Bushey | No grade | 43.6 |
| The Marlborough Science AcademyAcademy converter | St Albans | Good 2023 | 43.4 |
| Haileybury TurnfordAcademy sponsor led | Waltham Cross | No grade | 43.3 |
| Goffs - Churchgate AcademyAcademy converter | Waltham Cross | Good 2022 | 42.6 |
| Marriotts SchoolCommunity school | Stevenage | No grade | 42.4 |
| Longdean SchoolAcademy converter | Hemel Hempstead | No grade | 42.4 |
| Laureate AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2023 | 41.7 |
| The Highfield SchoolAcademy converter | Letchworth Garden City | Good 2023 | 41.7 |
| Barnwell SchoolFoundation school | Stevenage | No grade | 41.5 |
| Westfield AcademyAcademy converter | Watford | No grade | 41.4 |
| The Grange AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bushey | No grade | 41.3 |
| The John Warner SchoolAcademy converter | Hoddesdon | Inadequate 2022 | 40.8 |
| King James Academy RoystonAcademy converter | Royston | Good 2024 | 40.3 |
| Future Academies WatfordAcademy sponsor led | Watford | No grade | 39.8 |
| Elstree Screen Arts AcademyUniversity technical college | Borehamwood | No grade | 39.1 |
| Fearnhill SchoolFoundation school | Letchworth | No grade | 38.9 |
| Hertswood AcademyAcademy converter | Borehamwood | No grade | 38.3 |
| Onslow St Audrey's SchoolAcademy converter | Hatfield | Good 2023 | 36.6 |
| The Sele SchoolAcademy converter | Hertford | No grade | 35.7 |
| Ridgeway AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Welwyn Garden City | No grade | 35.7 |
| The Adeyfield AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Hemel Hempstead | Good 2023 | 35.1 |
| The Astley Cooper SchoolCommunity school | Hemel Hempstead | No grade | 34.7 |
| Edwinstree Church of England Middle SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Buntingford | Good 2024 | — |
| Ralph Sadleir SchoolAcademy converter | Ware | Requires improvement 2024 | — |
| Avanti Grange Secondary SchoolFree schools | Bishops Stortford | No grade | — |
| Gracewood AcademyAcademy converter | Potters Bar | Requires improvement 2022 | — |