Which school had the best GCSE results in Hertfordshire in 2023?

On 2023 Attainment 8, Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet topped the table in Hertfordshire with 85.5, against an England average of 46.3. 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.

Where are the latest Hertfordshire GCSE results?

This page is the 2023 archive (the 2022/23 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Hertfordshire are on the main Hertfordshire GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

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. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Hertfordshire show no 2023 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2023 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's 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 2023: secondary school league table

78 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 88 state secondary schools 2022/23 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

78 of 88 schools have published 2023 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2022/23.

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8, 2023 results
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 , up 1 place since 2022	Watford Grammar School for Boys Watford · Academy converter	68.8	+0.75 (0.55 to 0.94)	91%	96%	6.75	227
4 , down 1 place since 2022	Watford Grammar School for Girls Watford · Academy converter	67.6	+0.70 (0.50 to 0.90)	86%	95%	6.36	208
5 , up 1 place since 2022	St Clement Danes School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	65.6	+0.74 (0.55 to 0.93)	84%	93%	6.10	238
6 , up 5 places since 2022	Hockerill Anglo-European College Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	64.6	+0.51 (0.23 to 0.80)	75%	90%	6.45	131
7 , up 1 place since 2022	St George's School Harpenden · Academy converter	63.7	+0.72 (0.52 to 0.93)	78%	91%	5.48	215
8 , down 3 places since 2022	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 , up 6 places since 2022	Rickmansworth School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	61.6	+0.55 (0.36 to 0.74)	80%	95%	5.78	221
11 , down 4 places since 2022	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 , up 2 places since 2022	Sir John Lawes School Harpenden · Academy converter	61.0	+0.79 (0.59 to 0.98)	72%	88%	5.51	200
14 , down 4 places since 2022	St Albans Girls' School St Albans · Academy converter	60.8	+0.85 (0.65 to 1.05)	68%	84%	5.72	207
15 , down 1 place since 2022	Loreto College St Albans · Academy converter	60.0	+0.78 (0.55 to 1.01)	68%	85%	5.61	156
16 , up 4 places since 2022	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= , down 6 places since 2022	Hitchin Girls' School Hitchin · Academy converter	58.8	+0.53 (0.33 to 0.73)	66%	84%	5.12	202
18= , up 4 places since 2022	JCoSS New Barnet · Voluntary aided school	58.8	+0.72 (0.52 to 0.92)	72%	87%	4.70	215
20 , down 2 places since 2022	Yavneh College Borehamwood · Academy converter	58.0	+0.85 (0.61 to 1.08)	66%	88%	4.99	152
21 , down 2 places since 2022	Presdales School Ware · Academy converter	57.8	+0.58 (0.37 to 0.79)	68%	87%	5.45	177
22 , up 2 places since 2022	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 , up 6 places since 2022	Hitchin Boys' School Hitchin · Academy converter	57.1	+0.39 (0.19 to 0.59)	71%	87%	5.48	208
24 , up 2 places since 2022	Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School Hatfield · Academy converter	56.3	+0.80 (0.56 to 1.05)	57%	76%	5.06	144
25 , down 4 places since 2022	Queens' School Bushey · Academy converter	55.6	+0.18 (0.01 to 0.36)	65%	86%	4.96	264
26= , down 3 places since 2022	Queen Elizabeth's Girls' School Barnet · Academy converter	55.3	+0.66 (0.45 to 0.88)	64%	83%	5.13	190
26= , up 17 places since 2022	Verulam School St Albans · Academy converter	55.3	+0.36 (0.14 to 0.57)	64%	79%	5.06	183
28 , down 3 places since 2022	Richard Hale School Hertford · Academy converter	55.2	+0.38 (0.17 to 0.60)	65%	86%	5.18	175
29 , up 13 places since 2022	East Barnet School Barnet · Academy converter	54.7	+0.27 (0.08 to 0.45)	65%	83%	4.86	235
30= , up 1 place since 2022	Saint Michael's Catholic High School Watford · Academy converter	54.4	+0.24 (0.03 to 0.45)	57%	78%	4.65	175
30= , up 7 places since 2022	Southgate School Barnet · Academy converter	54.4	+0.48 (0.30 to 0.66)	59%	80%	4.73	246
32 , down 4 places since 2022	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 , up 2 places since 2022	Monk's Walk School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter	54.2	+0.59 (0.40 to 0.78)	60%	77%	4.76	220
34 , down 1 place since 2022	Chancellor's School Hatfield · Academy converter	54.0	+0.34 (0.13 to 0.56)	59%	80%	5.07	173
35= , down 5 places since 2022	Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth · Free schools	52.6	+0.35 (0.14 to 0.56)	60%	79%	4.85	178
35= , up 12 places since 2022	Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School St Albans · Academy converter	52.6	+0.70 (0.48 to 0.93)	54%	79%	4.87	179
35= , down 8 places since 2022	Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School Rickmansworth · Academy converter	52.6	+0.25 (0.05 to 0.45)	57%	82%	4.51	204
38= , down 4 places since 2022	The Broxbourne School Broxbourne · Academy converter	52.5	-0.10 (-0.30 to 0.09)	63%	84%	4.82	213
38= , down 2 places since 2022	Tring School Tring · Academy converter	52.5	+0.49 (0.31 to 0.67)	61%	85%	4.35	235
40 , down 1 place since 2022	Ashlyns School Berkhamsted · Foundation school	52.0	+0.28 (0.09 to 0.46)	60%	80%	4.53	234
41= , up 3 places since 2022	Goffs Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter	51.6	+0.18 (0.00 to 0.36)	55%	75%	4.67	235
41= , up 4 places since 2022	Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans · Academy sponsor led	51.6	+0.36 (0.14 to 0.59)	58%	78%	4.44	160
41= , up 11 places since 2022	The Chauncy School Ware · Academy converter	51.6	+0.54 (0.34 to 0.73)	55%	78%	4.50	206
44= , down 3 places since 2022	Bushey Meads School Bushey · Academy converter	50.8	-0.02 (-0.23 to 0.19)	60%	76%	3.97	187
44= , down 7 places since 2022	Leventhorpe Sawbridgeworth · Academy converter	50.8	+0.00 (-0.18 to 0.18)	51%	77%	4.55	237
46 , up 5 places since 2022	Stanborough School Welwyn Garden City · Academy converter	50.7	+0.42 (0.21 to 0.62)	55%	75%	4.82	193
47 , down 16 places since 2022	Freman College Buntingford · Academy converter	50.4	+0.36 (0.17 to 0.55)	52%	72%	4.40	213
48 , up 1 place since 2022	The Nobel School Stevenage · Foundation school	49.9	+0.40 (0.22 to 0.59)	52%	74%	4.12	234
49 , up 10 places since 2022	Townsend Church of England School St Albans · Voluntary aided school	49.0	-0.10 (-0.36 to 0.17)	48%	70%	4.22	125
50	Kings Langley School Kings Langley · Academy converter	48.8	+0.06 (-0.17 to 0.28)	53%	70%	4.35	167
51 , down 12 places since 2022	Simon Balle All-Through School Hertford · Academy converter	48.6	+0.03 (-0.19 to 0.24)	53%	75%	4.28	171
52 , up 1 place since 2022	The Priory School Hitchin · Foundation school	48.1	-0.07 (-0.27 to 0.13)	44%	65%	4.31	205
53 , down 5 places since 2022	The Knights Templar School Baldock · Academy converter	47.8	+0.00 (-0.20 to 0.20)	47%	69%	4.34	202
54 , up 17 places since 2022	The Reach Free School Rickmansworth · Free schools	47.2	-0.11 (-0.37 to 0.16)	37%	67%	4.31	123
55 , down 9 places since 2022	Barclay Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led	46.2	-0.02 (-0.28 to 0.23)	50%	70%	4.22	125
56	Goffs - Churchgate Academy Waltham Cross · Academy converter	46.1	+0.32 (0.06 to 0.58)	46%	63%	3.92	116
57	The Thomas Alleyne Academy Stevenage · Academy sponsor led	45.9	-0.04 (-0.27 to 0.18)	42%	64%	3.89	163
58= , up 7 places since 2022	Haileybury Turnford Waltham Cross · Academy sponsor led	45.5	+0.30 (0.05 to 0.54)	41%	61%	3.90	135
58= , up 4 places since 2022	Longdean School Hemel Hempstead · Academy converter	45.5	-0.08 (-0.27 to 0.10)	45%	70%	3.87	236
58= , up 5 places since 2022	The Marlborough Science Academy St Albans · Academy converter	45.5	-0.18 (-0.38 to 0.02)	47%	71%	4.13	202
61 , down 1 place since 2022	Westfield Academy Watford · Academy converter	45.3	+0.34 (0.11 to 0.58)	32%	64%	4.11	160
62 , down 7 places since 2022	Birchwood High School Bishop's Stortford · Academy converter	45.1	-0.45 (-0.64 to -0.26)	38%	63%	3.94	230
63 , down 2 places since 2022	Robert Barclay Academy Hoddesdon · Academy sponsor led	44.9	-0.10 (-0.37 to 0.17)	42%	63%	3.75	108
64 , up 1 place since 2022	King James Academy Royston Royston · Academy converter	44.7	+0.31 (0.05 to 0.56)	38%	61%	3.78	119
65 , down 11 places since 2022	Fearnhill School Letchworth · Foundation school	43.3	+0.27 (-0.05 to 0.59)	30%	64%	3.73	77
66 , down 1 place since 2022	Barnwell School Stevenage · Foundation school	43.1	-0.31 (-0.52 to -0.11)	37%	58%	3.56	192
67 , down 9 places since 2022	Marriotts School Stevenage · Community school	42.4	-0.11 (-0.29 to 0.07)	26%	56%	3.45	233
68 , down 4 places since 2022	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
69 , up 7 places since 2022	The Sele School Hertford · Academy converter	40.6	-0.45 (-0.79 to -0.11)	35%	57%	3.40	75
70 , up 1 place since 2022	Hertswood Academy Borehamwood · Academy converter	39.5	-0.34 (-0.55 to -0.14)	36%	48%	3.33	218
71 , down 1 place since 2022	Laureate Academy Hemel Hempstead · Academy sponsor led	39.3	-0.74 (-0.98 to -0.50)	29%	52%	3.76	147
72 , up 6 places since 2022	Ridgeway Academy Welwyn Garden City · Academy sponsor led	38.9	-0.36 (-0.59 to -0.12)	29%	57%	3.09	145
73 , down 4 places since 2022	Future Academies Watford Watford · Academy sponsor led	38.7	-0.44 (-0.64 to -0.23)	34%	57%	3.50	189
74 , down 1 place since 2022	Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood · University technical college	37.1	-0.68 (-1.00 to -0.36)	20%	55%	2.65	86
75 , down 7 places since 2022	The Grange Academy Bushey · Academy sponsor led	36.8	-0.28 (-0.50 to -0.06)	30%	51%	3.29	182
76 , down 1 place since 2022	Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield · Academy converter	35.8	-0.46 (-0.72 to -0.20)	21%	41%	2.97	129
77 , down 3 places since 2022	The Astley Cooper School Hemel Hempstead · Foundation school	35.7	-0.82 (-1.07 to -0.57)	25%	46%	2.94	135
78 , down 1 place since 2022	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 "=").

Under each rank: the change since the 2022 table, in places gained (+) or lost (−). No figure means the rank is unchanged or the school had no ranked 2022 result.

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

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 2023 was 46.3.

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 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

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.

This is the 2023 archive of the table: each school's 2023 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2023 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Hertfordshire GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Hertfordshire on our composite score

Hertfordshire GCSE results 2023: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Hertfordshire ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Hertfordshire with published 2023 GCSE results

More about schools in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire GCSE results: common questions