Best Secondary Schools in Harpenden

We checked all 5 secondary schools in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 4 ranked, then 1 without a rank.

Schools checked
5
Ranked
4
Without a rank
1

Ranks combine 2024/25 GCSE results, worth 60% of each school's score, with the latest Ofsted outcome, worth 40%, as how we rank schools sets out. Rank 1 is the highest score in Harpenden. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Harpenden also has 15 primary schools, ranked on SATs results and Ofsted. Every school in the area is also listed with the other schools in Hertfordshire. Hertfordshire also has rankings for St Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Bishop's Stortford, Watford, Bushey and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked secondary schools in Harpenden

  1. 1

    St George's School

    Academy, 1,351 pupils, inspected March 2025

    Ofsted judgements: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    63.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    76.6%

  2. 2

    Sir John Lawes School

    Academy, 1,373 pupils, inspected March 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    62.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    75.5%

  3. 3

    Roundwood Park School

    Academy, 1,421 pupils, inspected November 2023

    Ofsted: Outstanding
    Attainment 8
    59.5
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    67%

  4. 4

    Katherine Warington School

    Free school, 1,113 pupils, inspected February 2024

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    54.8
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    59.5%

Secondary schools in Harpenden without a rank

  • The King's School

    Independent, 169 pupils

    No Ofsted inspection
    Attainment 8
    59.3
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    78.3%