Hertfordshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table
80 state secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on their 2023 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2022/23 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school against the England average. 10 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 28 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.
This is the 2023 archive of the table. See the latest Hertfordshire GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.
County 90 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8
80 of 90 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.
| Rank | School | Attainment 8 | Progress 8 | Grade 5+ English & maths | Grade 4+ English & maths | EBacc APS | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | England average | 46.3 | 0.00 | 45% | 65% | 4.05 | – |
| 1 | Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Barnet · Academy converter | 85.5 | +1.00 (0.79 to 1.21) | 100% | 100% | 8.50 | 190 |
| 2 | Dame Alice Owen's School Potters Bar · Academy converter | 71.4 | +0.64 (0.43 to 0.84) | 90% | 96% | 6.81 | 195 |
| 3 | Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Academy converter | 68.8 | +0.75 (0.55 to 0.94) | 91% | 96% | 6.75 | 227 |
| 4 | Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford · Academy converter | 67.6 | +0.70 (0.50 to 0.90) | 86% | 95% | 6.36 | 208 |
| 5 | St Clement Danes School Rickmansworth · Academy converter | 65.6 | +0.74 (0.55 to 0.93) | 84% | 93% | 6.10 | 238 |
| 6 | Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter | 64.6 | +0.51 (0.23 to 0.80) | 75% | 90% | 6.45 | 131 |
| 7 | St George's School Harpenden · Academy converter | 63.7 | +0.72 (0.52 to 0.93) | 78% | 91% | 5.48 | 215 |
| 8 | Parmiter's School Watford · Academy converter | 63.5 | +0.50 (0.30 to 0.70) | 77% | 91% | 6.04 | 206 |
| 9 | The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter | 61.7 | +0.60 (0.39 to 0.81) | 73% | 93% | 5.65 | 183 |
| 10 | Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth · Academy converter | 61.6 | +0.55 (0.36 to 0.74) | 80% | 95% | 5.78 | 221 |
| 11 | Beaumont School St Albans · Academy converter | 61.5 | +0.72 (0.53 to 0.91) | 71% | 92% | 5.83 | 211 |
| 12 | Sandringham School St Albans · Academy converter | 61.2 | +0.83 (0.64 to 1.01) | 75% | 88% | 5.54 | 240 |
| 13 | Sir John Lawes School Harpenden · Academy converter | 61.0 | +0.79 (0.59 to 0.98) | 72% | 88% | 5.51 | 200 |
| 14 | St Albans Girls' School St Albans · Academy converter | 60.8 | +0.85 (0.65 to 1.05) | 68% | 84% | 5.72 | 207 |
| 15 | Loreto College St Albans · Academy converter | 60.0 | +0.78 (0.55 to 1.01) | 68% | 85% | 5.61 | 156 |
| 16 | Roundwood Park School Harpenden · Academy converter | 59.8 | +0.54 (0.35 to 0.74) | 76% | 85% | 5.37 | 210 |
| 17 | The Bishop's Stortford High School Bishop's Stortford · Foundation school | 59.2 | +0.49 (0.27 to 0.71) | 68% | 90% | 5.73 | 168 |
| 18= | Hitchin Girls' School Hitchin · Academy converter | 58.8 | +0.53 (0.33 to 0.73) | 66% | 84% | 5.12 | 202 |
| 18= | JCoSS New Barnet · Voluntary aided school | 58.8 | +0.72 (0.52 to 0.92) | 72% | 87% | 4.70 | 215 |
| 20 | Yavneh College Borehamwood · Academy converter | 58.0 | +0.85 (0.61 to 1.08) | 66% | 88% | 4.99 | 152 |
| 21 | Presdales School Ware · Academy converter | 57.8 | +0.58 (0.37 to 0.79) | 68% | 87% | 5.45 | 177 |
| 22 | The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School Stevenage · Academy converter | 57.3 | +0.70 (0.52 to 0.88) | 65% | 86% | 5.02 | 245 |
| 23 | Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin · Academy converter | 57.1 | +0.39 (0.19 to 0.59) | 71% | 87% | 5.48 | 208 |
| 24 | Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Hatfield · Academy converter | 56.3 | +0.80 (0.56 to 1.05) | 57% | 76% | 5.06 | 144 |
| 25 | Queens' School Bushey · Academy converter | 55.6 | +0.18 (0.01 to 0.36) | 65% | 86% | 4.96 | 264 |
| 26= | Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet · Academy converter | 55.3 | +0.66 (0.45 to 0.88) | 64% | 83% | 5.13 | 190 |
| 26= | Verulam School St Albans · Academy converter | 55.3 | +0.36 (0.14 to 0.57) | 64% | 79% | 5.06 | 183 |
| 28 | Richard Hale School Hertford · Academy converter | 55.2 | +0.38 (0.17 to 0.60) | 65% | 86% | 5.18 | 175 |
| 29 | East Barnet School Barnet · Academy converter | 54.7 | +0.27 (0.08 to 0.45) | 65% | 83% | 4.86 | 235 |
| 30= | Saint Michael's Catholic High School Watford · Academy converter | 54.4 | +0.24 (0.03 to 0.45) | 57% | 78% | 4.65 | 175 |
| 30= | Southgate School Barnet · Academy converter | 54.4 | +0.48 (0.30 to 0.66) | 59% | 80% | 4.73 | 246 |
| 32 | St Mary's Catholic School Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter | 54.3 | +0.38 (0.17 to 0.59) | 64% | 81% | 5.02 | 183 |
| 33 | Monk's Walk School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter | 54.2 | +0.59 (0.40 to 0.78) | 60% | 77% | 4.76 | 220 |
| 34 | Chancellor's School Hatfield · Academy converter | 54.0 | +0.34 (0.13 to 0.56) | 59% | 80% | 5.07 | 173 |
| 35= | Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth · Free schools | 52.6 | +0.35 (0.14 to 0.56) | 60% | 79% | 4.85 | 178 |
| 35= | Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School St Albans · Academy converter | 52.6 | +0.70 (0.48 to 0.93) | 54% | 79% | 4.87 | 179 |
| 35= | Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School Rickmansworth · Academy converter | 52.6 | +0.25 (0.05 to 0.45) | 57% | 82% | 4.51 | 204 |
| 38= | The Broxbourne School Broxbourne · Academy converter | 52.5 | -0.10 (-0.30 to 0.09) | 63% | 84% | 4.82 | 213 |
| 38= | Tring School Tring · Academy converter | 52.5 | +0.49 (0.31 to 0.67) | 61% | 85% | 4.35 | 235 |
| 40 | Ashlyns School Berkhamsted · Foundation school | 52.0 | +0.28 (0.09 to 0.46) | 60% | 80% | 4.53 | 234 |
| 41= | Goffs Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter | 51.6 | +0.18 (0.00 to 0.36) | 55% | 75% | 4.67 | 235 |
| 41= | Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans · Academy sponsor led | 51.6 | +0.36 (0.14 to 0.59) | 58% | 78% | 4.44 | 160 |
| 41= | The Chauncy School Ware · Academy converter | 51.6 | +0.54 (0.34 to 0.73) | 55% | 78% | 4.50 | 206 |
| 44= | Bushey Meads School Bushey · Academy converter | 50.8 | -0.02 (-0.23 to 0.19) | 60% | 76% | 3.97 | 187 |
| 44= | Leventhorpe Sawbridgeworth · Academy converter | 50.8 | +0.00 (-0.18 to 0.18) | 51% | 77% | 4.55 | 237 |
| 46 | Stanborough School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter | 50.7 | +0.42 (0.21 to 0.62) | 55% | 75% | 4.82 | 193 |
| 47 | Freman College Buntingford · Academy converter | 50.4 | +0.36 (0.17 to 0.55) | 52% | 72% | 4.40 | 213 |
| 48 | Bassingbourn Village College Royston · Academy converter | 50.0 | +0.26 (0.01 to 0.51) | 50% | 74% | 4.37 | 131 |
| 49 | The Nobel School Stevenage · Foundation school | 49.9 | +0.40 (0.22 to 0.59) | 52% | 74% | 4.12 | 234 |
| 50 | Townsend Church of England School St Albans · Voluntary aided school | 49.0 | -0.10 (-0.36 to 0.17) | 48% | 70% | 4.22 | 125 |
| 51 | Kings Langley School Kings Langley · Academy converter | 48.8 | +0.06 (-0.17 to 0.28) | 53% | 70% | 4.35 | 167 |
| 52 | Simon Balle All-Through School Hertford · Academy converter | 48.6 | +0.03 (-0.19 to 0.24) | 53% | 75% | 4.28 | 171 |
| 53 | The Priory School Hitchin · Foundation school | 48.1 | -0.07 (-0.27 to 0.13) | 44% | 65% | 4.31 | 205 |
| 54 | The Knights Templar School Baldock · Academy converter | 47.8 | +0.00 (-0.20 to 0.20) | 47% | 69% | 4.34 | 202 |
| 55 | The Reach Free School Rickmansworth · Free schools | 47.2 | -0.11 (-0.37 to 0.16) | 37% | 67% | 4.31 | 123 |
| 56 | Barclay Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led | 46.2 | -0.02 (-0.28 to 0.23) | 50% | 70% | 4.22 | 125 |
| 57 | Goffs - Churchgate Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter | 46.1 | +0.32 (0.06 to 0.58) | 46% | 63% | 3.92 | 116 |
| 58 | The Thomas Alleyne Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led | 45.9 | -0.04 (-0.27 to 0.18) | 42% | 64% | 3.89 | 163 |
| 59= | Haileybury Turnford Waltham Cross · Academy sponsor led | 45.5 | +0.30 (0.05 to 0.54) | 41% | 61% | 3.90 | 135 |
| 59= | Longdean School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter | 45.5 | -0.08 (-0.27 to 0.10) | 45% | 70% | 3.87 | 236 |
| 59= | The Marlborough Science Academy St Albans · Academy converter | 45.5 | -0.18 (-0.38 to 0.02) | 47% | 71% | 4.13 | 202 |
| 62 | Westfield Academy Watford · Academy converter | 45.3 | +0.34 (0.11 to 0.58) | 32% | 64% | 4.11 | 160 |
| 63 | Birchwood High School Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter | 45.1 | -0.45 (-0.64 to -0.26) | 38% | 63% | 3.94 | 230 |
| 64 | Robert Barclay Academy Hoddesdon · Academy sponsor led | 44.9 | -0.10 (-0.37 to 0.17) | 42% | 63% | 3.75 | 108 |
| 65 | King James Academy Royston Royston · Academy converter | 44.7 | +0.31 (0.05 to 0.56) | 38% | 61% | 3.78 | 119 |
| 66 | Melbourn Village College Royston · Academy converter | 44.5 | -0.12 (-0.37 to 0.13) | 47% | 65% | 4.02 | 129 |
| 67 | Fearnhill School Letchworth · Foundation school | 43.3 | +0.27 (-0.05 to 0.59) | 30% | 64% | 3.73 | 77 |
| 68 | Barnwell School Stevenage · Foundation school | 43.1 | -0.31 (-0.52 to -0.11) | 37% | 58% | 3.56 | 192 |
| 69 | Marriotts School Stevenage · Community school | 42.4 | -0.11 (-0.29 to 0.07) | 26% | 56% | 3.45 | 233 |
| 70 | St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) Waltham Cross · Academy converter | 41.1 | -0.24 (-0.45 to -0.03) | 36% | 63% | 3.65 | 180 |
| 71 | The Sele School Hertford · Academy converter | 40.6 | -0.45 (-0.79 to -0.11) | 35% | 57% | 3.40 | 75 |
| 72 | Hertswood Academy Borehamwood · Academy converter | 39.5 | -0.34 (-0.55 to -0.14) | 36% | 48% | 3.33 | 218 |
| 73 | Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead · Academy sponsor led | 39.3 | -0.74 (-0.98 to -0.50) | 29% | 52% | 3.76 | 147 |
| 74 | Ridgeway Academy Welwyn Garden City · Academy sponsor led | 38.9 | -0.36 (-0.59 to -0.12) | 29% | 57% | 3.09 | 145 |
| 75 | Future Academies Watford Watford · Academy sponsor led | 38.7 | -0.44 (-0.64 to -0.23) | 34% | 57% | 3.50 | 189 |
| 76 | Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood · University technical college | 37.1 | -0.68 (-1.00 to -0.36) | 20% | 55% | 2.65 | 86 |
| 77 | The Grange Academy Bushey · Academy sponsor led | 36.8 | -0.28 (-0.50 to -0.06) | 30% | 51% | 3.29 | 182 |
| 78 | Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield · Academy converter | 35.8 | -0.46 (-0.72 to -0.20) | 21% | 41% | 2.97 | 129 |
| 79 | The Astley Cooper School Hemel Hempstead · Community school | 35.7 | -0.82 (-1.07 to -0.57) | 25% | 46% | 2.94 | 135 |
| 80 | The Adeyfield Academy Hemel Hempstead · Academy sponsor led | 35.2 | -0.58 (-0.85 to -0.30) | 24% | 50% | 2.88 | 104 |
| – | Avanti Grange Secondary School Bishop's Stortford · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Edwinstree Church of England Middle School Buntingford · Voluntary controlled school · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Gracewood Academy Potters Bar · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | John F Kennedy Catholic School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Katherine Warington School Harpenden · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | Ralph Sadleir School Ware · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | TLC Live Online School Bishop's Stortford · Online provider · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | The Hemel Hempstead School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | The Highfield School Letchworth Garden City · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| – | The John Warner School Hoddesdon · Academy converter · No published GCSE results for 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Schools with the same Attainment 8 score share a rank (shown as "=").
Independent schools in Hertfordshire with published 2023 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 | 57.6 | 58% | 60 |
| Aldenham School Elstree · Other independent school | 40.4 | 0% | 109 |
| Berkhamsted School Berkhamsted · Other independent school | 16.1 | 0% | 195 |
| Bishop's Stortford College Bishop's Stortford · Other independent school | 22.0 | 0% | 120 |
| Egerton-Rothesay School Berkhamsted · Other independent school | 17.6 | 14% | 21 |
| Haberdashers' Boys' School Other independent school | 39.6 | 0% | 176 |
| Haberdashers' Girls' School Borehamwood · Other independent school | 53.9 | 100% | 123 |
| Haileybury College Hertford · Other independent school | 12.0 | 0% | 148 |
| Immanuel College Bushey · Other independent school | 20.6 | 0% | 88 |
| Merchant Taylors' School Northwood · Other independent school | 39.9 | 0% | 173 |
| Mount House School Barnet · Other independent school | 17.2 | 2% | 42 |
| Queenswood School Hatfield · Other independent school | 17.9 | 0% | 157 |
| Royal Masonic School for Girls Rickmansworth · Other independent school | 64.5 | 79% | 131 |
| Sherrardswood School Welwyn · Other independent school | 55.2 | 53% | 53 |
| St Albans High School for Girls Other independent school | 48.7 | 0% | 119 |
| St Albans Independent College St Albans · Other independent school | 25.8 | 8% | 12 |
| St Albans School St Albans · Other independent school | 12.4 | 0% | 156 |
| Stanborough Secondary School Watford · Other independent school | 54.8 | 78% | 9 |
| St Christopher School Letchworth Garden City · Other independent school | 56.4 | 61% | 72 |
| St Columba's College St Albans · Other independent school | 35.7 | 0% | 100 |
| St Edmund's College Ware · Other independent school | 42.5 | 0% | 90 |
| St Francis College Letchworth Garden City · Other independent school | 53.0 | 74% | 46 |
| St John's Preparatory and Senior School Potters Bar · Other independent school | 67.2 | 97% | 29 |
| St Margaret's School Bushey · Other independent school | 51.4 | 71% | 82 |
| Susi Earnshaw Theatre School Barnet · Other independent school | 33.9 | 18% | 11 |
| The King's School Harpenden · Other independent school | 60.0 | 76% | 21 |
| The Purcell School Other independent school | 36.6 | 0% | 22 |
| Tring Park School for the Performing Arts Tring · Other independent school | 44.6 | 0% | 43 |