Laureate Academy, Hemel Hempstead

In 2026, pupils at Laureate Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

40% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 41.7 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.22: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 36.9, against 45.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Business Studies and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 37 families put Laureate Academy as their first choice and 210 named it as one of their preferences, for 161 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Laureate Academy are The Hemel Hempstead School (0.6 miles, Attainment 8 47.3); John F Kennedy Catholic School (0.7 miles, Attainment 8 51.9); The Adeyfield Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.7); and The Astley Cooper School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.5).

Laureate Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Laureate Academy is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 144 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 85% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 24 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 58% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

38.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 138 pupils (19.6%) received SEN support and 14 (2%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Hemel Hempstead Rail Station, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Laureate Academy (nw-bound), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 400 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Laureate Academy issued 653 suspensions, 87.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 5 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Laureate Academy are Gade Valley Primary School (0.1 miles), St Cuthbert Mayne Voluntary Catholic Junior Academy (0.1 miles), Micklem Primary School (0.4 miles) and Galley Hill Primary School and Nursery (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.