Longdean School

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Longdean School sits in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, as one of nine secondary schools in the borough, where it ranks 7th by Progress 8 score. That puts it in the bottom half locally, well behind the top-performing peers in the wider Hertfordshire area — Sandringham School, Yavneh College and Dame Alice Owen's School all post Progress 8 scores above 0. 9, while Longdean's is -0. 29. Across the whole of Hertfordshire, which has 86 state secondaries, Longdean ranks 62nd. The school is a mixed, non-religious secondary with a sixth form, led by headteacher Ruth Georgiades. It's a large school, with 1,443 pupils against a capacity of 1,500, and more than a quarter of its students (25. 9%) are eligible for free school meals, which is notably above the national average. In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in March 2025, inspectors judged that standards were being maintained, and the school retains its overall Good rating — a grade it has held consistently across both its graded inspections.

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