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Laureate Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead HP1 3DW · laureate.futureacademies.org · 01442 404333

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jun 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
41.7
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
Demand for places
0.2
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
703
57% of 1,235 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
39.1%
First language not English
21.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Future Academies

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 161 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 54 (Places 139)54September 2023: 73 (Places 160)73September 2024: 64 (Places 158)64September 2025: 58 (Places 185)58September 2026: 37 (Places 161)37Places 161
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 2026161370.2100%
September 2025Sept 2025185580.3100%
September 2024Sept 2024158640.4100%
September 2023Sept 2023160730.5100%
September 2022Sept 2022139540.4100%

Last distance offered

Year 7Distance
September 2026All
September 2024All
September 2023All
September 2022All
September 20255.26 mi8.47 km

Every applicant was offered a place (188 allocations for 210 places).

Every applicant was offered a place (177 allocations for 210 places).

Every applicant was offered a place (182 allocations for 210 places).

Every applicant was offered a place (157 allocations for 210 places).

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.7, and 39.1% 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 C+ (32 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: 39.8 (England 46.3)39.82017/18: 40.3 (England 46.5)40.32021/22: 41.8 (England 48.8)41.82022/23: 39.3 (England 46.3)39.32023/24: 41.7 (England 45.9)41.72024/25: 41.7 (England 46.0)41.7England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼41.746.0
▼39.1%45.4%
▼58.0%64.8%
▼29.0%40.5%
▼3.824.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 117528)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form31.3−5.5
Sixth form college0.7—
Further education53.5+9.1
Apprenticeship2.8−0.6
Employment2.1−0.5
Not in a lasting destination9−1.3
Activity not captured0.7−1.9

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: 29.1 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 26.7 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 25.4 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 29.8 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 19.7 (England 37.9)D2022/23: 29.0 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 25.2 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 32.0 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
25 studentsC+ (32)Average +0.06
25 studentsC+ (32)Average +0.06
13%AAB or better
89.3%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2419C- (25.2)-0.24
2022/2314C (29)—
2021/2226D (19.7)—
2018/1940C (29.8)+0.20
2017/1839C- (25.4)-0.23
2016/1754C- (26.7)-0.15
2015/1648C (29.1)+0.11

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University58.3+4.5
Further education4.2—
Apprenticeship8.3−3.2
Employment16.7+1.3
Not in a lasting destination4.2−11.2
Activity not captured8.3+4.5

Ofsted

Laureate Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 June 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
20 Jun 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, May 2017

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 117528), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • May 2017Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareInadequate
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117528)

  • May 2015Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 117528)

What parents said

60% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (134 replies, to 1 April 2024).

Recommend
60%
Replies
134
18% · 1 Apr 2024
Child is happy at school▼74% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▼75% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼65% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼72% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well▼70% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼63% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼67% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▼37% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼61% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼67% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 90% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲57% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 46% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲75% agreeEngland 67%

based on 48 parents (36%) with SEND

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