Laureate Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW
- Distance
- 1.2km away
John F Kennedy Catholic School
Hollybush Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 2PH
Local ranking42nd of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1243
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from John F Kennedy Catholic School (URN 117557) since 1 June 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
- 51.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 62.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 82.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 63.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
32.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
76
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.9% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 179
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1078
- Boys
- 562 (52%)
- Girls
- 511 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1243 (86% full)
- SEND
- 14.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 24.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,000/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
- 7.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 15.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 51.9%
- White Other: 18.9%
- Black African: 9.7%
- Asian Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.9%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
51.9%
White British
18.9%
White Other
9.7%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Hollybush Lane
Hemel Hempstead, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 149743
- UKPRN
- 10092388
- Establishment No.
- 4619
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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