Roundwood Park School, Harpenden

In 2026, pupils at Roundwood Park School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 59.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

73% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 59.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.79: pupils made well above 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 38.4, against 60.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 22.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Biology.

For September 2026 entry, 219 families put Roundwood Park School as their first choice and 689 named it as one of their preferences, for 187 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 51 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Roundwood Park School are St George's School (0.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 65.6); Sir John Lawes School (1.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 63.9); Katherine Warington School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.6); and Townsend Church of England School (3.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.9).

Roundwood Park School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Of the 196 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 96% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 13% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 170 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 78% went on to university or other higher education, 1% to apprenticeships and 14% into work. 43% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 8.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (73%), Asian (9%) and Mixed (7%).

In 2026, 63 pupils (4.4%) received SEN support and 30 (2.1%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Harpenden Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Roundwood Park School (outside), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Roundwood Park School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 52 crimes within a mile of the school, most often other theft, violence and sexual offences and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Roundwood Park School issued 57 suspensions, 4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Roundwood Park School are Roundwood Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Wood End School (0.6 miles), St Nicholas CofE VA Primary School (0.6 miles) and Harpenden Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.