Kings Langley School

Kings Langley School continues to perform well as a good school, showing a positive and supportive environment for its pupils. The school has established effective relationships between staff and students, allowing pupils to feel safe and confident in expressing their needs. The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned, ensuring that students have a solid foundation in their subjects. The school excels in areas such as personal development, offering a broad range of enrichment opportunities and effective careers guidance that prepares pupils for their future endeavors.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils
• Effective character development programme
• Ambitious and well-planned curriculum
• Good support for pupils with SEND
• Reading is a strength with targeted support for early readers
• Effective behaviour management and culture of respect
• Wide range of enrichment opportunities
• Successful sports teams at various levels
• Effective careers guidance for students

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers do not consistently provide effective teaching strategies
• Limited opportunities for pupils to engage in deeper discussions

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 Kings Langley School attended 90.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.7% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Kings Langley School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were 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 Kings Langley School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.8% 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, 17.6% of pupils at Kings Langley School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% 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 Kings Langley School received £7,824 and spent £7,517 for each of its 1,104 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £206,000 (£187 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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What is Kings Langley School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Kings Langley School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Kings Langley School last inspected by Ofsted?

Kings Langley School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Kings Langley School have?

Kings Langley School has 1,122 pupils on roll.

What age range does Kings Langley School cover?

Kings Langley School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Kings Langley School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 46.9, and 40% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Kings Langley School?

Kings Langley School is at Love Lane, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, WD4 9HN.