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St Clement Danes School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth WD3 6EW · stclementdanes.org.uk · 01923 284169

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
65.1
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.3
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,585
100% of 1,590 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
5.4%
First language not English
13.4%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Danes Educational Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 295 families put the school first and 231 places were offered; 65% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 289 (Places 230)289September 2023: 290 (Places 233)290September 2024: 291 (Places 226)291September 2025: 285 (Places 232)285September 2026: 295 (Places 231)295Places 231
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262312951.3▲65%
September 2025Sept 20252322851.2▲71%
September 2024Sept 20242262911.3▲67%
September 2023Sept 20232332901.2▲65%
September 2022Sept 20222302891.3▲68%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 65.1, and 83.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B+ (42.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 59.1 (England 46.3)59.12017/18: 61.7 (England 46.5)61.72018/19: 61.0 (England 46.7)61.02021/22: 67.0 (England 48.8)67.02022/23: 65.6 (England 46.3)65.62023/24: 63.8 (England 45.9)63.82024/25: 65.1 (England 46.0)65.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲65.146.0
▲83.9%45.4%
▲96.6%64.8%
▲65.3%40.5%
▲6.074.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form75−2.1
Further education18.8+3.8
Other education0.8−2.1
Apprenticeship1.70
Employment1.3+0.5
Not in a lasting destination0.80
Activity not captured1.7+1.3

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 38.7 (England 30.5)B2016/17: 38.3 (England 31.1)B-2017/18: 39.5 (England 32.1)B2018/19: 38.6 (England 32.9)B2021/22: 45.1 (England 37.9)A-2022/23: 40.5 (England 34.2)B2023/24: 42.6 (England 34.4)B+2024/25: 42.9 (England 35.0)B+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
201 studentsB+ (42.9)Above average +0.18
201 studentsB+ (42.8)Above average +0.17
12 studentsDist (35.8)Average +0.40
27.5%AAB or better
99%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24195B+ (42.6)+0.15
2022/23188B (40.5)—
2021/22195A- (45.1)—
2018/19158B (38.6)-0.02
2017/18173B (39.5)+0.04
2016/17182B- (38.3)+0.13
2015/16178B (38.7)+0.11

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University73.7+8
Further education1−1
Apprenticeship3.5−1
Employment13.6−5.6
Not in a lasting destination6.60
Activity not captured1.5−0.5

Ofsted

St Clement Danes School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 26 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
26 Mar 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formOutstanding

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2011

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2011Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
  • Jan 2007Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (573 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
94%
Replies
573
36% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲94% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲95% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▲93% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲90% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▲93% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲98% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities▲97% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▲89% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲82% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 65% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲58% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲74% agreeEngland 67%

based on 115 parents (20%) with SEND

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