Laureate Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW
- Distance
- 1.0km away
The Hemel Hempstead School
Heath Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1TX
Local ranking50th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 17 March 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from The Hemel Hempstead School (URN 117500) since 1 April 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 50.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 214
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 53.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.8
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
110
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 24.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 213
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1286
- Boys
- 676 (53%)
- Girls
- 611 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (89% full)
- SEND
- 19.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.3%
- EAL
- 14.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,282/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 68.8%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.9%
- Black African: 3.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
68.8%
White British
7.5%
White Other
3.9%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Heath Lane
Hemel Hempstead, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 149500
- UKPRN
- 10091669
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
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