The Adeyfield Academy, Hemel Hempstead

In 2026, pupils at The Adeyfield Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 38.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

31% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.97: pupils made well 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 28.7, against 44.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.7 points.

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

For September 2026 entry, 166 families put The Adeyfield Academy as their first choice and 468 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 20 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Adeyfield Academy are Longdean School (0.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.7); The Hemel Hempstead School (1.3 miles, Attainment 8 47.3); Laureate Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.7); and The Astley Cooper School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 33.5).

The Adeyfield Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The Adeyfield Academy is one of 11 schools run by Ambition Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 53.2 in 2024/25.

Of the 100 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 67% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 45% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 8% into work.

Of the 18 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The Adeyfield Academy has a resourced provision for physical disability.

The nearest railway station is Apsley Rail Station, about 1.5 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (opposite), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 340 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, The Adeyfield Academy issued 294 suspensions, 36 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Adeyfield Academy are Hobletts Manor Junior School (0.4 miles); Hobletts Manor Infants' School (0.4 miles); Broadfield Academy (0.4 miles); and Saint Albert the Great Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.