Secondary schools in Hertfordshire
There are 77 secondary schools in Hertfordshire. 16 are rated Outstanding and 36 Good by Ofsted. Each listing shows the year groups, Ofsted rating and how admissions work.
Applying for a place in Hertfordshire
- Starting secondary school (Year 7) in September 2027: applications close on 31 October 2026. Offers are sent on 1 March 2027.
- You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in a different area, and late applications are considered after on-time ones.
Secondary schools in Hertfordshire, by town
Baldock
- The Knights Templar School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG7 6DZ
Ofsted: Good
Berkhamsted
- Ashlyns School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP4 3AH
Ofsted: Good
Bishop's Stortford
- Birchwood High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CM23 5BD
Ofsted: Not judged - Hockerill Anglo-European College
Year 7 - Year 13 · CM23 5HX
Ofsted: Good - St Mary's Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CM23 2NQ
Ofsted: Not judged - The Bishop's Stortford High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · CM23 4SH
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · CM23 5NJ
Ofsted: Outstanding
Bishops Stortford
- Avanti Grange Secondary School
Year 7 - Year 13 · CM23 2BD
Ofsted: Not judged
Borehamwood
- Elstree Screen Arts Academy
WD6 5NN
Ofsted: Not judged - Hertswood Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD6 5LG
Ofsted: Not judged - Yavneh College
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD6 1HL
Ofsted: Good
Broxbourne
- The Broxbourne School
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN10 7FU
Ofsted: Outstanding
Buntingford
- Freman College
Year 9 - Year 13 · SG9 9BT
Ofsted: Good
Bushey
- Bushey Meads School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD23 4PA
Ofsted: Not judged - Queens' School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD23 2TY
Ofsted: Not judged - The Grange Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD23 3AA
Ofsted: Not judged
Harpenden
- Katherine Warington School
AL5 5FH
Ofsted: Good - Roundwood Park School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL5 3AE
Ofsted: Outstanding - Sir John Lawes School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL5 4QP
Ofsted: Outstanding - St George's School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL5 4TD
Ofsted: Not judged
Hatfield
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · AL10 8NL
Ofsted: Outstanding - Chancellor's School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL9 7BN
Ofsted: Good - Onslow St Audrey's School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL10 8AB
Ofsted: Good
Hemel Hempstead
- John F Kennedy Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP1 2PH
No rating on record - Laureate Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP1 3DW
Ofsted: Good - Longdean School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP3 8JB
No rating on record - The Adeyfield Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP2 4DE
Ofsted: Good - The Astley Cooper School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP2 7HL
Ofsted: Good - The Hemel Hempstead School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP1 1TX
Ofsted: Good
Hertford
- Richard Hale School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · SG13 8EN
Ofsted: Good - The Sele School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG14 2DG
Ofsted: Not judged
Hitchin
- Hitchin Boys' School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · SG5 1JB
No rating on record - Hitchin Girls' School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · SG4 9RS
Ofsted: Not judged - The Priory School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG5 2UR
Ofsted: Good
Hoddesdon
- Robert Barclay Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN11 8JY
Ofsted: Good - The John Warner School
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN11 0QF
Ofsted: Inadequate
Kings Langley
- Kings Langley School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD4 9HN
Ofsted: Good
Letchworth
- Fearnhill School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG6 4BA
Ofsted: Good
Letchworth Garden City
- The Highfield School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG6 3QA
Ofsted: Good
Potters Bar
- Dame Alice Owen's School
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN6 2DU
Ofsted: Outstanding - Gracewood Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN6 1EZ
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Rickmansworth
- Croxley Danes School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD3 3LR
Ofsted: Good - Rickmansworth School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD3 3AQ
Ofsted: Outstanding - Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD3 1HG
Ofsted: Good - St Clement Danes School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD3 6EW
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Reach Free School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD3 8AB
No rating on record
Sawbridgeworth
- Leventhorpe
Year 7 - Year 13 · CM21 9BY
Ofsted: Good
St Albans
- Beaumont School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL4 0XB
Ofsted: Not judged - Loreto College
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · AL1 3RQ
Ofsted: Not judged - Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL4 0TT
Ofsted: Outstanding - Sandringham School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL4 9NX
Ofsted: Outstanding - St Albans Girls' School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · AL3 6DB
Ofsted: Not judged - The Marlborough Science Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL1 2QA
Ofsted: Good - Townsend Church of England School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL3 6DR
Ofsted: Good - Verulam School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · AL1 4PR
Ofsted: Good
Stevenage
- Barclay Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG1 3RB
Ofsted: Good - Barnwell School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG2 9SW
Ofsted: Good - Marriotts School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG2 8UT
Ofsted: Good - The Nobel School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG2 0HS
Ofsted: Good - The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG1 4AE
Ofsted: Good - The Thomas Alleyne Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG1 3BE
No rating on record
Tring
- Tring School
Year 7 - Year 13 · HP23 5JD
Ofsted: Good
Waltham Cross
- Goffs - Churchgate Academy
Year 7 - Year 11 · EN8 9LY
Ofsted: Good - Goffs Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN7 5QW
Ofsted: Good - Haileybury Turnford
Year 7 - Year 13 · EN8 0JU
Ofsted: Good - Ofsted: Good
Ware
- Presdales School
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · SG12 9NX
Ofsted: Outstanding - The Chauncy School
Year 7 - Year 13 · SG12 0DP
Ofsted: Outstanding
Watford
- Future Academies Watford
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD25 7HW
Ofsted: Not judged - Parmiter's School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD25 0UU
Ofsted: Outstanding - Saint Michael's Catholic High School
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD25 0SS
Ofsted: Not judged - Watford Grammar School for Boys
Year 7 - Year 13 · Boys only · WD18 7JF
Ofsted: Outstanding - Watford Grammar School for Girls
Year 7 - Year 13 · Girls only · WD18 0AE
Ofsted: Outstanding - Westfield Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · WD18 6NS
Ofsted: Not judged
Welwyn Garden City
- Monk's Walk School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL8 7NL
Ofsted: Good - Ridgeway Academy
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL7 2AF
Ofsted: Not judged - Stanborough School
Year 7 - Year 13 · AL8 6YR
Ofsted: Good