Tring School, Tring

From the headteacher's welcome: "It gives me great pleasure to introduce myself as the Headteacher of Tring School. It is heartening to lead a school where the vision and Christian values are centred on maximising the potential in every young person. By supporting your child's individual aspirations and dreams, the wider community also benefits."

In 2026, pupils at Tring School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

60% 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 50.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.24: pupils made 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 33.6, against 53.3 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 19.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 28 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 264 families put Tring School as their first choice and 501 named it as one of their preferences, for 225 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 44 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Tring School are John Colet School (4.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.5); and Ashlyns School (4.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54).

Tring School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

Tring School is one of 3 schools run by Ridgeway Learning Partnership, an academy trust.

Of the 241 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 30% to a further education college, 3% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 174 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 2% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 22% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (81%) and Mixed (7%).

The nearest railway station is Tring Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (opposite), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Tring 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 59 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138).

In 2024/25, Tring School issued 80 suspensions, 5.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Tring School are Grove Road Primary School (0.3 miles); Dundale Primary School and Nursery (0.3 miles); Bishop Wood Church of England Junior School, Tring (0.4 miles); and Goldfield Infants' and Nursery School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.