Results
A-level 2025 rank: 98
Grade
%
A*
16.4
A
27.5
B
31.5
A*/A
44
A*-B
75.5
GCSE 2025 rank: 164
Grade
%
9/8
30.1
7
19
9/8/7
49.1
Sir John Lawes School
Comprehensive
National rank
129=
181=
Rank last year
75.5%
A-level
49.1%
GCSE
Need to know
Head teacher
Philip Newbery
Attendance
95.6%
Gender of entry
Mixed
Send pupils*
10.9%
*Special educational needs and disabilities
Total pupils
1,356
Pupils on free school meals
9.2%
Progress 8
WELL ABOVE AVERAGE
Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8
What the school inspection says
“The values of ‘achievement, care and excellence’ run through all aspects of school life. Pupils … are scholars, leaders and mentors. They say that the experiences, support and challenges that the school provides make a significant difference to their lives. [Their] experiences at this school are exceptional. They take part in an extraordinary choice of clubs, trips and opportunities as well as giving to the wider community ... Pupils care for each other. They learn ‘not to be a bystander’ and to call out poor behaviour the rare times it happens.”
Inspection
2023
In detail
*
Read the full report
*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.
Email
admin@sjl.herts.sch.uk
Telephone
01582 760 043
Website
sjl.herts.sch.uk
Address
Manland Way,
Harpenden,
AL5 4QP