The Reach Free School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedFree schools · Secondary
Rickmansworth · WD3 8AB · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.6
- P8-0.0
- EM5+44%
- Absence8.5%
2.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136901
St Clement Danes School
Academy converter · Rickmansworth · WD3 6EW
Ages 11–18 · 1,585 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
63.8
Overall absence
6.9%
Admissions demand
1.31 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-03-26
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.74
−20+2
Attainment 863.8
English & maths grade 5+82%
English & maths grade 4+93%
EBacc entry64%
EBacc APS: 6.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)24.4%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.2%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,215
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.31 · Competitive
1st preferences
291
Places offered
226
1st-preference offers
194
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 1,122
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 226
- Applications from outside LA
- 418
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 50
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
1,585 pupils · 1,590 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,585
- Boys / girls
- 840 / 745
- School capacity
- 1,590
- Capacity fill
- 1,585 / 1,590 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 5.4%
- FSM pupils
- 65
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- St Clement Danes School
- Headteacher
- Mr Toby Sutherland
Location
- Address
- Chenies Road, Chorleywood
- Postcode
- WD3 6EW
- Town
- Rickmansworth
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire
- 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 academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, 1,585 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 5.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dr Challoner's High School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Amersham · HP7 9QB · Buckinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att878.2
- P81.1
- EM5+99%
- Absence5.3%
2.4 miles away
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Rickmansworth · WD3 1HG · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att851.9
- P80.3
- EM5+62%
- Absence7.9%
2.6 miles away
Rickmansworth School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Rickmansworth · WD3 3AQ · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att858.0
- P80.3
- EM5+73%
- Absence5.2%
2.8 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Toby Sutherland
- Telephone
- 01923284169