Best Secondary Schools in Hemel Hempstead

We checked all 9 secondary schools in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, and list every one: 6 ranked, then 3 without a rank.

Schools checked
9
Ranked
6
Without a rank
3

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 Hemel Hempstead. Schools with the same score share a rank. Schools without published results or an Ofsted outcome follow the ranked schools, in name order.

Hemel Hempstead also has 34 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, Bishop's Stortford, Watford, Bushey, Rickmansworth and all of Hertfordshire.

Ranked secondary schools in Hemel Hempstead

  1. 1

    The Hemel Hempstead School

    Academy, 1,287 pupils, inspected March 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    49.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    51.2%

  2. 2

    John F Kennedy Catholic School

    Academy, 1,073 pupils, inspected May 2026

    Report card: Expected standard to strong standard
    Attainment 8
    47.9
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    54.5%

  3. 3

    Laureate Academy

    Academy, 703 pupils, inspected June 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    41.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    39.1%

  4. 4

    Longdean School

    Academy, 1,436 pupils, inspected December 2015

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    42.4
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    35.3%

  5. 5

    The Adeyfield Academy

    Academy, 858 pupils, inspected January 2023

    Ofsted: Good
    Attainment 8
    35.1
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    22.3%

  6. 6

    The Astley Cooper School

    Local authority maintained, 914 pupils, inspected April 2026

    Report card: Needs attention to expected standard
    Attainment 8
    34.7
    Grade 5+ English and maths
    26.7%

Secondary schools in Hemel Hempstead without a rank