Which school has the best GCSE results in Hertfordshire?

On 2025 Attainment 8, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet tops the table in Hertfordshire with 85.6, against an England average of 46.0. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

When are the 2026 GCSE results for Hertfordshire schools published?

Pupils receive their results in August, but school-by-school figures come from the DfE performance tables, which publish provisional results in the autumn (usually mid-October) and revised figures early in the new year. This table shows 2025 results, the 2024/25 academic year, and updates when the next release is imported.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. No Progress 8 exists for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020.

Why does a school in Hertfordshire show no GCSE results?

A school has no published figure when it had no Year 11 cohort in the year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Hertfordshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

85 state secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on their 2025 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2024/25 academic year, the latest DfE has published for every school), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 5 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 28 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

County 90 state secondary schools 2024/25 results

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

85 of 90 schools have published 2025 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/25.

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2025 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
–	England average	46.0	45%	65%	4.09	–
1	Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Academy converter	85.6	99%	100%	8.55	193
2	Dame Alice Owen's School Potters Bar · Academy converter	72.9	88%	95%	6.96	200
3	Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Academy converter	68.9	83%	91%	6.80	222
4	Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford · Academy converter	68.2	83%	91%	6.38	208
5	Parmiter's School Watford · Academy converter	66.5	81%	90%	6.39	208
6=	Sandringham School St Albans · Academy converter	65.1	84%	89%	5.99	236
6=	St Clement Danes School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	65.1	84%	97%	6.07	236
8	St George's School Harpenden · Academy converter	63.7	77%	90%	5.52	188
9	The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	63.6	76%	94%	5.83	185
10	Sir John Lawes School Harpenden · Academy converter	62.8	76%	87%	5.74	192
11	Beaumont School St Albans · Academy converter	62.6	74%	88%	6.05	208
12	Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	61.7	73%	86%	6.10	131
13	Yavneh College Borehamwood · Academy converter	61.6	75%	90%	5.34	152
14	Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	61.2	81%	91%	5.76	226
15	JCoSS New Barnet · Voluntary aided school	60.9	77%	88%	4.92	190
16	The Bishop's Stortford High School Bishop's Stortford · Foundation school	60.2	69%	87%	5.89	169
17	Roundwood Park School Harpenden · Academy converter	59.5	67%	87%	5.31	194
18	Presdales School Ware · Academy converter	58.9	70%	90%	5.57	177
19	St Albans Girls' School St Albans · Academy converter	58.8	70%	86%	5.55	234
20	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet · Academy converter	58.6	70%	83%	5.40	190
21	Loreto College St Albans · Academy converter	58.3	59%	83%	5.52	156
22=	Ashlyns School Berkhamsted · Foundation school	57.9	71%	86%	5.16	239
22=	The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Stevenage · Academy converter	57.9	64%	84%	5.12	239
24	Hitchin Girls' School Hitchin · Academy converter	57.8	69%	86%	5.05	208
25	St Mary's Catholic School Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	57.6	66%	89%	5.33	185
26	Queens' School Bushey · Academy converter	57.5	68%	84%	5.41	267
27	Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin · Academy converter	57.1	67%	87%	5.50	210
28	Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans · Academy sponsor led	56.5	70%	82%	4.96	185
29	Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School St Albans · Academy converter	56.4	65%	83%	5.28	175
30	Richard Hale School Hertford · Academy converter	56.3	66%	81%	5.31	175
31=	Simon Balle All-Through School Hertford · Academy converter	55.4	64%	84%	4.99	177
31=	The Broxbourne School Broxbourne · Academy converter	55.4	67%	82%	5.12	211
33	Katherine Warington School Harpenden · Free schools	54.8	60%	76%	4.85	173
34	Freman College Buntingford · Academy converter	53.1	53%	76%	4.63	259
35	East Barnet School Barnet · Academy converter	53.0	57%	77%	4.72	220
36	Verulam School St Albans · Academy converter	52.5	55%	73%	4.71	152
37	Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Hatfield · Academy converter	51.9	55%	74%	4.70	151
38	Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth · Free schools	51.3	50%	70%	4.65	178
39	Southgate School Barnet · Academy converter	51.1	52%	72%	4.53	236
40	Saint Michael's Catholic High School Watford · Academy converter	50.9	50%	73%	4.60	178
41	Monk's Walk School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter	50.8	52%	72%	4.57	221
42	Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	50.6	56%	75%	4.46	205
43	Tring School Tring · Academy converter	50.5	54%	75%	4.22	235
44	The Nobel School Stevenage · Foundation school	50.2	47%	67%	4.25	236
45	The Hemel Hempstead School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter	49.9	51%	74%	4.33	209
46	Leventhorpe Sawbridgeworth · Academy converter	49.6	47%	72%	4.42	236
47=	Barclay Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led	49.5	57%	74%	4.69	117
47=	The Chauncy School Ware · Academy converter	49.5	46%	68%	4.29	198
49	Goffs Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter	49.1	49%	70%	4.47	239
50	Kings Langley School Kings Langley · Academy converter	48.6	53%	75%	4.45	179
51=	The Knights Templar School Baldock · Academy converter	48.5	46%	70%	4.41	203
51=	The Priory School Hitchin · Foundation school	48.5	49%	64%	4.28	195
53	The Thomas Alleyne Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led	48.0	53%	70%	4.03	175
54=	John F Kennedy Catholic School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter	47.9	55%	75%	3.96	178
54=	Stanborough School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter	47.9	53%	69%	4.54	170
56	Chancellor's School Hatfield · Academy converter	47.6	47%	70%	4.41	205
57	Bassingbourn Village College Royston · Academy converter	47.5	52%	72%	4.26	122
58	Townsend Church of England School St Albans · Voluntary aided school	46.7	40%	61%	3.92	137
59	Birchwood High School Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	46.1	42%	64%	4.02	243
60	St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) Waltham Cross · Academy converter	45.0	41%	65%	4.00	190
61=	Robert Barclay Academy Hoddesdon · Academy sponsor led	44.2	39%	57%	3.68	107
61=	The Reach Free School Rickmansworth · Free schools	44.2	35%	62%	4.11	119
63	Bushey Meads School Bushey · Academy converter	43.6	41%	64%	3.47	188
64	The Marlborough Science Academy St Albans · Academy converter	43.4	36%	60%	3.80	217
65	Haileybury Turnford Waltham Cross · Academy sponsor led	43.3	37%	68%	3.52	122
66	Goffs - Churchgate Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter	42.6	33%	60%	3.76	117
67=	Longdean School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter	42.4	35%	56%	3.67	241
67=	Marriotts School Stevenage · Community school	42.4	39%	57%	3.67	236
69	Melbourn Village College Royston · Academy converter	42.3	38%	52%	3.70	109
70=	Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead · Academy sponsor led	41.7	39%	58%	3.82	138
70=	The Highfield School Letchworth Garden City · Academy converter	41.7	40%	55%	3.55	171
72	Barnwell School Stevenage · Foundation school	41.5	37%	59%	3.42	206
73	Westfield Academy Watford · Academy converter	41.4	39%	54%	3.81	195
74	The Grange Academy Bushey · Academy sponsor led	41.3	32%	56%	3.93	171
75	The John Warner School Hoddesdon · Academy converter	40.8	33%	54%	3.43	197
76	King James Academy Royston Royston · Academy converter	40.3	34%	53%	3.52	93
77	Future Academies Watford Watford · Academy sponsor led	39.8	32%	55%	3.69	184
78	Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood · University technical college	39.1	32%	61%	2.68	101
79	Fearnhill School Letchworth · Foundation school	38.9	27%	53%	3.56	105
80	Hertswood Academy Borehamwood · Academy converter	38.3	27%	50%	3.47	223
81	Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield · Academy converter	36.6	24%	45%	3.13	141
82=	Ridgeway Academy Welwyn Garden City · Academy sponsor led	35.7	25%	48%	2.93	153
82=	The Sele School Hertford · Academy converter	35.7	21%	38%	2.94	73
84	The Adeyfield Academy Hemel Hempstead · Academy sponsor led	35.1	22%	47%	3.16	130
85	The Astley Cooper School Hemel Hempstead · Community school	34.7	27%	44%	2.89	161
–	Avanti Grange Secondary School Bishop's Stortford · Free schools · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · Voluntary controlled school · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Gracewood Academy Potters Bar · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	Ralph Sadleir School Ware · Academy converter · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–
–	TLC Live Online School Bishop's Stortford · Online provider · No published GCSE results	–	–	–	–	–

Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").

Independent schools in Hertfordshire with published GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Abbot's Hill School Hemel Hempstead · Other independent school	68.7	81%	42
Aldenham School Elstree · Other independent school	41.5	0%	105
Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted · Other independent school	12.2	0%	203
Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford · Other independent school	23.4	0%	141
Egerton-Rothesay School Berkhamsted · Other independent school	19.2	22%	23
Haberdashers' Boys' School Other independent school	41.0	0%	156
Haberdashers' Girls' School Borehamwood · Other independent school	39.9	0%	124
Haileybury College Hertford · Other independent school	14.5	0%	150
Immanuel College Bushey · Other independent school	18.9	0%	89
Merchant Taylors' School Northwood · Other independent school	21.7	0%	171
Mount House School Barnet · Other independent school	24.2	0%	54
Queenswood School Hatfield · Other independent school	47.2	0%	85
Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth · Other independent school	66.2	75%	126
Sherrardswood School Welwyn · Other independent school	52.0	49%	57
St Albans High School for Girls Other independent school	48.5	0%	130
St Albans Independent College St Albans · Other independent school	19.1	0%	18
St Albans School St Albans · Other independent school	10.1	0%	154
Stanborough Secondary School Watford · Other independent school	44.1	38%	21
St Christopher School Letchworth Garden City · Other independent school	58.3	65%	77
St Columba's College St Albans · Other independent school	32.9	0%	93
St Edmund's College Ware · Other independent school	35.5	1%	103
St Francis College Letchworth Garden City · Other independent school	56.9	68%	41
St John's Preparatory and Senior School Potters Bar · Other independent school	68.1	98%	40
St Margaret's School Bushey · Other independent school	56.3	73%	60
Susi Earnshaw Theatre School Barnet · Other independent school	28.2	46%	11
The King's School Harpenden · Other independent school	59.3	78%	23
The Purcell School Other independent school	47.7	54%	35
Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Tring · Other independent school	32.5	0%	72

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school; the England average for 2025 was 46.0.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 is not shown: the DfE published no Progress 8 for 2025 because these pupils sat no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020, the baseline it is measured from, and the same applies to 2026. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so a selective school will usually top an attainment-only table.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

See the best secondary schools in Hertfordshire on our composite score

Hertfordshire GCSE results 2025: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Hertfordshire with published GCSE results

More about schools in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire GCSE results: common questions