UK Schools
Richard Hale School
Richard Hale School is a boys' secondary academy in Hertford, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,207 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in July 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 56.3 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 13 April 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Richard Hale School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Richard Hale School.
- 1 INSET Day
- 2 Y7 Start
- 3 Y8/9/10/11/12/13 Return
- 11 Y7 Parents Welcome Evening
- 23 Y12 Parents Information Evening
- 29 School finishes at 12.30 (Open Evening 18.00 – 20.30)
- 30 INSET Day 12.00 – 15.00 (Open Evening 16.00 – 18.30)
- 9 Y7 & Y12 Meet the Tutor Evening
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 11 Remembrance Ceremony
- 12 Sixth Form Open Evening
- 20 Y13 Parents Evening
- 26–27 House Plays
- 4 Christmas Concert
- 5 Occasional Day
- 8–18 Y11 Mock Exams
- 18 Presentation Evening
- 19 Founders Day & White Gloves. End of term (school finishes 12.30)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day (Bank Holiday)
- 26 Boxing Day (Bank Holiday)
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day (Bank Holiday)
- 5 Spring Term Starts
- 12–16 Y13 Mock Exams
- 5–6 School Production
- 11 Y11 Parents Evening
- 13 INSET Day
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 25 Y13 Parents Evening
- 10 Y12 Parents Evening
- 19 House Music
- 23–26 Y8 Exams
- 25 Y9 Parents Evening
- 27 End of Spring Term (school finishes 12.30)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday (Bank Holiday)
- 6 Easter Monday (Bank Holiday)
- 13 Summer Term Starts
- 13–17 Y10 Exams
- 20–24 Y10 Work Experience Week
- 22 Post-18 Pathways Evening
- 28 Y8 Options Evening
- 30 Y12 Exams
- 1–6 Y12 Exams
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 5 Y7 Parents Evening
- 14 Y8 Parents Evening
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 4 Y10 Parents Evening
- 23–24 Sixth Form Induction
- 30 New Parents Evening
- 2 Y7, 8, 9, 10, 12 Tutor Meetings
- 7 Summer Concert
- 9 Y6 Intake Day
- 13–17 Y12 Work Experience Week
- 15 Junior Production
- 17 End of Academic Year (school finishes 12.30)
- 20–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Y7 Start Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Y8/9/10/11/12/13 Return Sep 3, 2025 Event
- Y7 Parents Welcome Evening Sep 11, 2025 Event
- Y12 Parents Information Evening Sep 23, 2025 Event
- School finishes at 12.30 (Open Evening 18.00 – 20.30) Sep 29, 2025 Event
- INSET Day 12.00 – 15.00 (Open Evening 16.00 – 18.30) Sep 30, 2025 Inset Day
- Y7 & Y12 Meet the Tutor Evening Oct 9, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Remembrance Ceremony Nov 11, 2025 Event
- Sixth Form Open Evening Nov 12, 2025 Event
- Y13 Parents Evening Nov 20, 2025 Event
- House Plays Nov 26-27, 2025 Event
- Christmas Concert Dec 4, 2025 Holiday
- Occasional Day Dec 5, 2025 Event
- Y11 Mock Exams Dec 8-18, 2025 Event
- Presentation Evening Dec 18, 2025 Event
- Founders Day & White Gloves. End of term (school finishes 12.30) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Term Starts Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Y13 Mock Exams Jan 12-16, 2026 Event
- School Production Feb 5-6, 2026 Event
- Y11 Parents Evening Feb 11, 2026 Event
- INSET Day Feb 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Y13 Parents Evening Feb 25, 2026 Event
- Y12 Parents Evening Mar 10, 2026 Event
- House Music Mar 19, 2026 Event
- Y8 Exams Mar 23-26, 2026 Event
- Y9 Parents Evening Mar 25, 2026 Event
- End of Spring Term (school finishes 12.30) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Term Starts Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Y10 Exams Apr 13-17, 2026 Event
- Y10 Work Experience Week Apr 20-24, 2026 Event
- Post-18 Pathways Evening Apr 22, 2026 Event
- Y8 Options Evening Apr 28, 2026 Event
- Y12 Exams Apr 30 - May 6, 2026 Event
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Y7 Parents Evening May 5, 2026 Event
- Y8 Parents Evening May 14, 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Y10 Parents Evening Jun 4, 2026 Event
- Sixth Form Induction Jun 23-24, 2026 Event
- New Parents Evening Jun 30, 2026 Event
- Y7, 8, 9, 10, 12 Tutor Meetings Jul 2, 2026 Event
- Summer Concert Jul 7, 2026 Event
- Y6 Intake Day Jul 9, 2026 Event
- Y12 Work Experience Week Jul 13-17, 2026 Event
- Junior Production Jul 15, 2026 Event
- End of Academic Year (school finishes 12.30) Jul 17, 2026 Event
- Summer Holiday Jul 20 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day (Bank Holiday) Jan 1, 2026 Holiday
- Good Friday (Bank Holiday) Apr 3, 2026 Holiday
- Easter Monday (Bank Holiday) Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day (Bank Holiday) Dec 26, 2025 Holiday
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Richard Hale School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 56.3 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 34.7 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 12% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 99% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 89% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Richard Hale School. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Richard Hale School than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.