Secondary
Katherine Warington School
Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1113 pupils
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- HARPENDEN SECONDARY EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 81.0
- Pupils per adult
- 11.4
- Pupils
- 923
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
60%
10 points below the Harpenden average (70% across 4 schools)
54.8
5.4 below the Harpenden average (60.2 across 4 schools)
4th of 4 by our score, among the secondary schools in Harpenden we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.85 |
| Entered the EBacc | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 58% |
| 24/25 | 60% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 54.0 |
| 24/25 | 54.8 |
Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- David Martin
- Address
- Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH
- Telephone
- 01582314777