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Katherine Warington School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formHertfordshire, East of England · Harpenden AL5 5FHTrust: Harpenden Secondary Education TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,113
Free school meals
13.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
173
Ofsted
Good, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Katherine Warington School’s Year 11 leavers went next (the cohort is too small to report), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.8 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Hertfordshire, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 94% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hertfordshire and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureKatherine Warington SchoolHertfordshireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)54.850.646.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths60%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths76%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects27%47%41%
EBacc average point score4.854.564.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort20%18%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils36.134.234.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils59.554.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language10%16%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language17299%89%34%20%78%
Mathematics17299%88%38%22%83%
English Literature16696%86%35%21%83%
Religious Studies16294%31%31%32%67%
Combined Science11768%65%23%9%75%
History7644%41%45%26%79%
Spanish6236%19%37%27%77%
Biology5230%23%83%45%98%
Business Studies5129%18%18%20%75%
Physics5029%23%92%46%100%
Chemistry5029%23%84%47%100%
Geography4828%41%44%25%79%
Computer Science4526%13%27%30%67%
Fine Art2917%9%14%28%76%
3D Design2816%2%0%16%25%
Physical Education2716%11%59%24%93%
Food Preparation and Nutrition2615%8%12%21%50%
Drama2313%7%30%27%83%
Chinese2112%1%76%75%95%
Media Studies138%4%8%20%69%
Music127%5%8%33%75%
Art and Design11%7%24%
Russian11%0%87%
Urdu11%1%42%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Speech and Drama14
Sports Studies14

Other secondary schools in Hertfordshire

Ashlyns School

Foundation school · sixth form · 1,561 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.9

Barclay Academy

Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,044 pupils

91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5

Barnwell School

Foundation school · sixth form · 1,270 pupils

88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5

Beaumont School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,722 pupils

98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 62.6

Birchwood High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,417 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.