Laureate Academy
Warners End Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 3DW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FUTURE ACADEMIES
- Headteacher
- Ms Ruthie Jacobs
- Sponsor
- Future Academies
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,235
- Pupils on roll
- 703
- URN
- 146440
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01442404333
About this school
Laureate Academy is a secondary academy in Hemel Hempstead. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 703 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 147 | 144 | 138 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.3 | 41.7 | 41.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.74 -0.98 to -0.50 | -0.22 -0.46 to +0.02 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 35.4% | 39.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 56.9% | 58% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 63% | 48.6% | 29% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Laureate Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39.3 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.7 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.7 | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 13.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 14.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 13.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 754 |
| 2023/24 | 752 |
| 2024/25 | 746 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Laureate Academy compares
Laureate Academy ranked 64th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.7 | 13.8% | 38% | 703 | — |
| The Hemel Hempstead School | 49.9 | 7.5% | 18.3% | 1,287 | 0.6 miles |
| John F Kennedy Catholic School | 47.9 | 7.1% | 15.1% | 1,073 | 0.7 miles |
| The Adeyfield Academy | 35.1 | 10.3% | 34.2% | 858 | 1.5 miles |
| The Astley Cooper School | 34.7 | 13.7% | 36.8% | 914 | 2.0 miles |
| Longdean School | 42.4 | 9.7% | 27.9% | 1,436 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.95%
- English as an additional language
- 21.7%
- Overall absence
- 13.83%
- Persistent absence
- 37.37%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Hemel Hempstead School0.6 miles
Secondary · Hemel Hempstead
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John F Kennedy Catholic School0.7 miles
Secondary · Hemel Hempstead
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The Adeyfield Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Hemel Hempstead
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The Astley Cooper School2.0 miles
Secondary · Hemel Hempstead
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Longdean School2.0 miles
Secondary · Hemel Hempstead
Other schools in Hemel Hempstead
Laureate Academy ranks 4th of the 6 ranked secondary schools in Hemel Hempstead.
- John F Kennedy Catholic School Secondary
- Longdean School Secondary
- The Adeyfield Academy Secondary
- The Astley Cooper School Secondary
- The Hemel Hempstead School Secondary
- Heath Lane Nursery School Nursery
- Aycliffe Drive Primary School Primary
- Belswains Primary School Primary
- Bovingdon Primary Academy Primary
- Boxmoor Primary School Primary
- Broadfield Academy Primary
- Brockswood Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Laureate Academy teach?
- Laureate Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hemel Hempstead.
- Who is the headteacher of Laureate Academy?
- The headteacher of Laureate Academy is Ms Ruthie Jacobs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Laureate Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Laureate Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Laureate Academy?
- Laureate Academy has 703 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Laureate Academy full?
- Laureate Academy has capacity for 1,235 pupils and 703 on roll (57%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Laureate Academy a faith school?
- No. Laureate Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Laureate Academy?
- Laureate Academy is part of FUTURE ACADEMIES. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Laureate Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.3 in 2022/23 and 41.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Laureate Academy rank locally?
- Laureate Academy ranked 64th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 2% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Laureate Academy's absence rate?
- Laureate Academy's overall absence rate is 13.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Laureate Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Laureate Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.