Kings Langley School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Kings Langley, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
3.33 miles
Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Kings Langley School is a secondary school in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 13 March 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Kings Langley School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 3.33 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 4.05 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 4.08 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 3.89 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 3.37 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 3.33 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 3.41 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 3.70 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 3.22 mi |
| Year 7 2017 | 3.84 mi |
| Year 7 2016 | 3.36 mi |
| Year 7 2015 | 3.33 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above in 2024/25: 53% of pupils (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hertfordshire.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 155 first-choice applications for 180 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 28th lowest of 74 Hertfordshire secondary schools.
- In 2026, 139 Year 7 offers went to first-choice families, while 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 under one of its admission criteria lived 3.33 miles away, nearer than in 2025.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Love Lane, Kings Langley, WD4 9HN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,122 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 13 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “Pupils benefit from warm and positive relationships.”
- “This supports them to be confident to share how they feel and seek support when they need it.”
To improve
- “On occasions, pupils do not have the chance to extend and deepen what they learn.”
- “This can limit how well pupils learn more complex knowledge.”
- “In a few instances, some staff do not routinely provide activities to enable pupils to engage in deeper discussion or explore learning in more depth.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.6 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 155 first-preference applications, 180 offers in total, 139 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Longdean School 2.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Hemel Hempstead School 2.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Adeyfield Academy 2.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Laureate Academy 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Parmiter's School 3.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Future Academies Watford 3.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- John F Kennedy Catholic School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Saint Michael's Catholic High School 3.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
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