Secondary schools in Hertfordshire

• 584open schools
• 411primary
• 86secondary
• 55independent
• 222,742pupils

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• Ashlyns School

  Secondary · Foundation school · ages 11 to 18 · 1,561 pupils

  Chesham Road, Berkhamsted, HP4 3AH

  Ofsted 26 Sep 2023: Good

• Avanti Grange Secondary School

  Secondary · Free schools · ages 11 to 18 · 660 pupils

  Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD

  Ofsted 7 May 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Barclay Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 1,044 pupils

  Walkern Road, Stevenage, SG1 3RB

  Ofsted 18 Apr 2023: Good

• Barnwell School

  Secondary · Foundation school · ages 11 to 18 · 1,270 pupils

  Barnwell, Stevenage, SG2 9SW

  Ofsted report card, 6 Jan 2026

• Beaumont School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,722 pupils

  Austen Way, St Albans, AL4 0XB

  Ofsted 13 May 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Berkhamsted School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 19 · 1,439 pupils

  Overton House, 133 High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Anglican/Christian Independent

• Birchwood High School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,417 pupils

  Parsonage Lane, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5BD

  Ofsted 21 Jan 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 942 pupils

  Woods Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 8NL

  Ofsted 7 Dec 2022 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Bushey Meads School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,200 pupils

  Coldharbour Lane, Bushey, WD23 4PA

  Ofsted 14 Jan 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Chancellor's School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,241 pupils

  Pine Grove, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 7BN

  Ofsted 8 Nov 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Croxley Danes School

  Secondary · Free schools · ages 11 to 18 · 1,049 pupils

  Baldwins Lane, Croxley Green, Rickmansworth, WD3 3LR

  Ofsted report card, 24 Feb 2026

• Dame Alice Owen's School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,467 pupils

  Dugdale Hill Lane, Potters Bar, EN6 2DU

  Ofsted 5 Dec 2023: Outstanding

• Elderwood House School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 10 to 18

  Lumos Building, Leavesden Studios, Warner Drive, Leavesden, WD25 7LP

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Elstree Screen Arts Academy

  Secondary · University technical college · ages 14 to 19 · 524 pupils

  Studio Way, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 5NN

  Ofsted 28 Jan 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Fearnhill School

  Secondary · Foundation school · ages 11 to 18 · 597 pupils

  Icknield Way West, Letchworth, SG6 4BA

  Ofsted report card, 21 Apr 2026

• Freman College

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 13 to 18 · 1,049 pupils

  Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, SG9 9BT

  Ofsted 12 Jun 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Future Academies Watford

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 1,060 pupils

  Horseshoe Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 7HW

  Ofsted 29 Apr 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Goffs - Churchgate Academy

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 16 · 582 pupils

  College Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 9LY

  Ofsted report card, 16 Jun 2026

• Goffs Academy

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,574 pupils

  Goffs Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN7 5QW

  Ofsted 18 May 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Gracewood Academy

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 420 pupils

  Church Road, Rothwell, Potters Bar, EN6 1EZ

  Ofsted 2 Nov 2022: Requires improvement (predecessor school)

• Haileybury College

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 18 · 924 pupils

  Hertford, SG13 7NU

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Church of England Independent

• Haileybury Turnford

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 1,021 pupils

  Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU

  Ofsted report card, 21 Apr 2026

• Hertswood Academy

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,144 pupils

  Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, WD6 5LG

  Ofsted 11 Feb 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Hitchin Boys' School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,364 pupils

  Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, SG5 1JB

  Ofsted report card, 25 Nov 2025

• Hitchin Girls' School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 1,357 pupils

  Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS

  Ofsted 8 Oct 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

• Hockerill Anglo-European College

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 903 pupils

  Dunmow Road, Hockerill Anglo-European College, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5HX

  Ofsted 14 Jun 2022: Good

• Immanuel College

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 18 · 341 pupils

  87-91 Elstree Road, Bushey, WD23 4EB

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Jewish Independent

• John F Kennedy Catholic School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,073 pupils

  Hollybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH

  Ofsted report card, 12 May 2026

  Roman Catholic

• Katherine Warington School

  Secondary · Free schools · ages 11 to 19 · 1,113 pupils

  Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH

  Ofsted 28 Feb 2024: Good

• Kings Langley School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,122 pupils

  Love Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 9HN

  Ofsted 13 Mar 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Laureate Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 703 pupils

  Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW

  Ofsted 20 Jun 2023: Good

• Leventhorpe

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,463 pupils

  Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY

  Ofsted 16 Apr 2024: Good

• Longdean School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,436 pupils

  Rumballs Rd, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 8JB

  Ofsted 12 Mar 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Loreto College

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 952 pupils

  Hatfield Road, St Albans, AL1 3RQ

  Ofsted 15 Oct 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

  Roman Catholic

• Marriotts School

  Secondary · Community school · ages 11 to 18 · 1,415 pupils

  Brittain Way, Stevenage, SG2 8UT

  Ofsted report card, 13 Jan 2026

• Merchant Taylors' School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,051 pupils

  Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 2HT

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Monk's Walk School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,440 pupils

  Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL

  Ofsted 20 Sep 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,134 pupils

  Colney Heath Lane, St Albans, AL4 0TT

  Ofsted 14 Nov 2023: Outstanding

  Roman Catholic

• Onslow St Audrey's School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 787 pupils

  Old Rectory Drive, Hatfield, AL10 8AB

  Ofsted 13 Dec 2023: Good

• Parmiter's School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,496 pupils

  High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0UU

  Ofsted 3 Jul 2024: Outstanding

• Presdales School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 1,167 pupils

  Hoe Lane, Ware, SG12 9NX

  Ofsted 6 Mar 2024: Outstanding

• Queens' School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,697 pupils

  Aldenham Road, Bushey, WD23 2TY

  Ofsted 18 Mar 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Queenswood School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 426 pupils

  Shepherd's Way, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, AL9 6NS

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Methodist Independent

• Richard Hale School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 1,207 pupils

  Hale Road, Hertford, SG13 8EN

  Ofsted 9 Jul 2024: Good

• Rickmansworth School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,575 pupils

  Scots Hill, Rickmansworth, WD3 3AQ

  Ofsted 19 Sep 2023: Outstanding

• Ridgeway Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 875 pupils

  Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF

  Ofsted 3 Jun 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Robert Barclay Academy

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 821 pupils

  Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY

  Ofsted 7 Mar 2023: Good

• Roundwood Park School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,421 pupils

  Roundwood Park, Harpenden, AL5 3AE

  Ofsted 28 Nov 2023: Outstanding

• Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,198 pupils

  High Street, Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG

  Ofsted 19 Oct 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

  Roman Catholic

• Saint Michael's Catholic High School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,130 pupils

  High Elms Lane, Garston, Watford, WD25 0SS

  Ofsted 4 Feb 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

  Roman Catholic

• Sandringham School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,777 pupils

  The Ridgeway, St Albans, AL4 9NX

  Ofsted 7 Feb 2024: Outstanding

• Sir John Lawes School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,373 pupils

  Manland Way, Harpenden, AL5 4QP

  Ofsted 28 Mar 2023: Outstanding

• St Albans Girls' School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 1,423 pupils

  Sandridgebury Lane, St Albans, AL3 6DB

  Ofsted 26 Nov 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

• St Albans Independent College

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 14 to 19 · 70 pupils

  69 London Road, St Albans, AL1 1LN

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• St Albans School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 11 to 19 · 883 pupils

  Abbey Gateway, St Albans, AL3 4HB

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Christian/non-denominational Independent

• St Clement Danes School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,585 pupils

  Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, WD3 6EW

  Ofsted 26 Mar 2024: Outstanding

• St George's School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,351 pupils

  Sun Lane, Harpenden, AL5 4TD

  Ofsted 11 Mar 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

  Christian

• St Mary's Catholic School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,106 pupils

  Windhill, Bishop's Stortford, CM23 2NQ

  Ofsted 8 Oct 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

  Roman Catholic

• St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 19 · 911 pupils

  Lieutenant Ellis Way, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN7 5FB

  Ofsted 10 Oct 2023: Good

  Church of England

• Stanborough School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,287 pupils

  Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR

  Ofsted 18 Jan 2023: Good

Towns in Hertfordshire

• Abbots Langley (5)
• Baldock (8)
• Berkhamsted (14)
• Bishop's Stortford (30)
• Borehamwood (14)
• Broxbourne (4)
• Buntingford (7)
• Bushey (18)
• Harpenden (20)
• Hatfield (18)
• Hemel Hempstead (50)
• Hertford (22)
• Hitchin (33)
• Hoddesdon (11)
• Kings Langley (4)
• Letchworth (3)
• Letchworth Garden City (14)
• Potters Bar (17)
• Radlett (6)
• Rickmansworth (24)
• Royston (19)
• Sawbridgeworth (5)
• St Albans (59)
• Stevenage (41)
• Tring (9)
• Waltham Cross (24)
• Ware (22)
• Watford (50)
• Welwyn (6)
• Welwyn Garden City (23)

Source: Get Information about Schools and Ofsted (Open Government Licence v3.0). Towns are as written in each school’s official address.