The Knights Templar School, Baldock

In 2026, pupils at The Knights Templar School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.3, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

47% 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 48.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.27: 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 36.1, against 51.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 15.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 30 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 199 families put The Knights Templar School as their first choice and 396 named it as one of their preferences, for 200 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Knights Templar School are The Highfield School (2.5 miles, Attainment 8 42); Fearnhill School (2.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); Pix Brook Academy (2.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.6); and Etonbury Academy (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.8).

The Knights Templar School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Of the 204 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 34% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 199 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 30% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

6.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (75%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Baldock Rail Station, about 610 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Knights Templar School (outside), 110 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 91 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, The Knights Templar School issued 247 suspensions, 17.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to The Knights Templar School are Hartsfield Junior Mixed and Infant School (0.4 miles), St Mary's Infants' School (0.5 miles), St John Roman Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Mary's Junior Mixed School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.