St Clement Danes School

St Clement Danes School is performing exceptionally well, maintaining its outstanding status from previous inspections. The school boasts a broad and ambitious curriculum, excellent teaching, and a strong culture of respect and inclusion among students. Pupils produce high-quality work, achieve outstanding results in examinations, and participate actively in a wide range of extracurricular activities. The leadership team is effective and well-supported by the trust, ensuring a focus on continuous improvement and staff well-being.

Strengths

• High expectations for all students, including those with SEND.
• Exceptional quality of education resulting in exemplary pupil work.
• Comprehensive extracurricular opportunities that enrich student experiences.
• Strong leadership that drives continuous improvement and supports staff.
• Effective personal development program fostering understanding of key values.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Clement Danes School attended 93.5% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 24.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.1% of pupils at St Clement Danes School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Clement Danes School had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at St Clement Danes School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Clement Danes School received £8,121 and spent £8,168 for each of its 1,592 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,896,000 (£1,191 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Danes Educational Trust, income was £7,961 and spending £7,847 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Rickmansworth · Hertfordshire local authority: places and applications

St Clement Danes School is part of Danes Educational Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Croxley Danes School Rickmansworth
• Ascot Road Primary School Watford
• Lanchester Primary School Watford
• The Beaconsfield School Beaconsfield
• Jupiter Primary School Hemel Hempstead
• Elstree Screen Arts Academy Borehamwood
• De Havilland Primary School Hatfield
• Onslow St Audrey's School Hatfield
• Chancellor's School Hatfield
• Roselands Primary School Hoddesdon

What is St Clement Danes School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Clement Danes School is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was St Clement Danes School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Clement Danes School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does St Clement Danes School have?

St Clement Danes School has 1,585 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Clement Danes School cover?

St Clement Danes School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are St Clement Danes School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 64.0, and 82% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is St Clement Danes School?

St Clement Danes School is at Chenies Road, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3 6EW.