UK Schools
St Clement Danes School
St Clement Danes School is a mixed secondary academy in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 1,585 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its last graded inspection in March 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 65.1 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 19 December 2025 to 21 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Clement Danes 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 St Clement Danes School.
- 3 Inset Day 1 (staff only)
- 4 Inset Day 2 (staff only)
- 5 Year 7 & Year 12 in School
- 8 All Years return to School
- 12 Speech Day
- 27 Secondary Transfer - Open Day
- 6 Inset Day 3 (staff only)
- 27 Half Term
- 21 Commemoration
- 24–25 Occasional Day (no pupils) and Day in Lieu
- 19 End of Autumn Term
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Start of Spring Term
- 16 Half Term
- 26 End of Spring Term
- 27 Inset Day 4 (staff only)
- 27–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Start of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 22 Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 21 End of Summer Term
- 22–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1–2 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day 1 (staff only) Sep 3, 2025 Inset Day
- Inset Day 2 (staff only) Sep 4, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 & Year 12 in School Sep 5, 2025 Event
- All Years return to School Sep 8, 2025 Event
- Speech Day Sep 12, 2025 Event
- Secondary Transfer - Open Day Sep 27, 2025 Event
- Inset Day 3 (staff only) Oct 6, 2025 Inset Day
- Half Term Oct 27, 2025 Holiday
- Commemoration Nov 21, 2025 Event
- Occasional Day (no pupils) and Day in Lieu Nov 24-25, 2025 Event
- End of Autumn Term Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Half Term Feb 16, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring Term Mar 26, 2026 Term
- Inset Day 4 (staff only) Mar 27, 2026 Inset Day
- Easter Holiday Mar 27 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- Start of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Half Term May 22, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer Term Jul 21, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 22 - Sep 2, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Clement Danes School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 65.1 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 42.94 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 24.6% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 98% 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 92% 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 St Clement Danes 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 St Clement Danes 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.