Katherine Warington School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · Harpenden, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
4.47 miles
In Priority Area, Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2020–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Katherine Warington School is a secondary school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire for ages 11–19 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 February 2024. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Katherine Warington 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 | 4.47 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 4.40 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 4.34 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 4.77 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 4.41 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2020 | 7.99 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child in the school's priority area offered a place lived 4.47 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2020.
- Every applicant was offered a place in 1 of the 7 Year 7 years with a published outcome.
- Year 7 2026 drew 139 first-choice applications for 165 offers; 116 offers went to first-choice families, and 23 first-choice families (17%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 54.8 (England 46).
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
- Lower Luton Road, Harpenden, AL5 5FH
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,113 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They flourish in the school’s ethos of achievement and learning.”
- “Throughout the school day, pupils strive to live up to the school’s expectations.”
To improve
- “However, in some areas of the curriculum, some teachers do not provide support within lessons that addresses the exact challenges some pupils with SEND face.”
- “When this happens, these pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
- “While these small groups are effective in helping pupils learn to read, pupils who have these interventions occasionally miss out on key areas of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 60% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.8 | 46 |
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: 139 first-preference applications, 165 offers in total, 116 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.
- Sir John Lawes School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St George's School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Roundwood Park School 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Townsend Church of England School 3.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Albans Girls' School 3.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sandringham School 3.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Verulam School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Loreto College 4.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
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