Sir John Lawes School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Harpenden · AL5 4QP · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att862.3
- P80.8
- EM5+76%
- Absence4.1%
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 145890
Katherine Warington School
Free schools · Harpenden · AL5 5FH
Ages 11–19 · 1,113 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
54.0
Overall absence
7.2%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-02-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.48
−20+2
Attainment 854.0
English & maths grade 5+58%
English & maths grade 4+75%
EBacc entry21%
EBacc APS: 4.6
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence7.2%
Persistent absence (10%+)18.5%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 5.7%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 2.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 946
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
- Pupils on roll
- 1,113
- Boys / girls
- 613 / 500
- Free school meals
- 13.9%
- FSM pupils
- 129
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Free schools
Age range
Ages 11–19
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: HARPENDEN SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- HARPENDEN SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr David Martin
Location
- Address
- Lower Luton Road
- Postcode
- AL5 5FH
- Town
- Harpenden
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools (secondary), Ages 11–19, in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, 1,113 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form. Free school meals: 13.9%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
St George's School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Harpenden · AL5 4TD · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att864.2
- P80.7
- EM5+81%
- Absence6.6%
0.9 miles away
Roundwood Park School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Harpenden · AL5 3AE · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att862.5
- P80.8
- EM5+79%
- Absence6.7%
1.7 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr David Martin
- Telephone
- 01582314777