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Hertfordshire County Council

School

The Hemel Hempstead School

Heath Lane
The Hemel Hempstead School, Heath Lane
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 1TX

Telephone: 01442 390100

Email: admin@hhs.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Neil Hassell

School type: Secondary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 801

DFE number: 919-4005

Published Admission Number: 217

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 1286

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read The Hemel Hempstead School admission rules for 25-26

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20242025

Number of places available

217

217

Number of applications made

927

855

Number of places offered

217

217

Places offered under each rule in 2025
Rules (in rule priority order)2025

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

4

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

89

Children Of Staff

0

In Priority Area, Nearest School

104

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

20

Outside Priority Area, Distance

0

Places offered under each rule in 2024
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

7

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/Social

0

Siblings

71

Children Of Staff

1

In Priority Area, Nearest School

92

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

46

Outside Priority Area, Distance

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2025 (in metres)
Rule2025

In priority area, nearest

2870.65

In priority area, distance

1242.08

Outside priority area

None

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2024 (in metres)
Rule2024

In priority area, nearest

1977.59

In priority area, distance

1499.99

Outside priority area

None

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Priority area for The Hemel Hempstead School

Parishes in the priority area for this school are:

Abbots Langley, Aldbury, Berkhamsted, Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Chorleywood, Croxley Green, Flaunden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Little Gaddesden, Maple Cross, Nash Mills, Nettleden with Potten End, Northchurch, Rickmansworth, Sarratt, Tring, Tring Rural, Watford, Wigginton.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

No vacancies exist at this school at present.

Updated: 31 August 2025

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for The Hemel Hempstead School.

Ofsted report and rating for The Hemel Hempstead School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Samara Partridge

In Year Admissions Officer: Hallam Rouget

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