Hertfordshire schools come top of the class in national performance tables

The Sunday Times singled out the nation’s top 500 secondary schools in its recently published 2020 guide and 25 schools were in Hertfordshire - including The Hemel Hempstead School - an impressive five per cent of the UK total.

The schools were ranked by performance according to the results of their A-Level and GCSE examinations taken in the summer of 2019.

Also published in the Schools Guide were the country’s top 250 State Primary Schools, ranked by the aggregated average scaled scores in Reading, Grammar and Maths taken from the 2019 SATS. Hertfordshire had eight schools listed.

Cabinet Member for Education, Libraries and Localism, Councillor Terry Douris said: “Hertfordshire has some of the best education facilities in the UK, so these results are testament to the hard work of school leaders, teachers, support staff, governing bodies and pupils, huge congratulations to them all.

“I’d like to take this opportunity to applaud the fantastic efforts of all our schools who work so hard to ensure each child reaches their potential.

"We are proud of their dedication and achievements, particularly during this very challenging year.”

The results were published in the 28th edition of The Sunday Times Schools Guide, identifying the 2,000 highest-achieving state and independent schools in the UK, ranked by their most recent examination results.

To read the full report click here.