Hertfordshire
The John Warner School
GCSE results 2026: every Hertfordshire school ranked · how England did
Dependable results for a comprehensive intake; the journey is the main thing to weigh.
What the data says
Published data, read plainly. It tells you what to check next; it does not guarantee a place or replace your local authority’s admissions guidance.
Attainment 8 of 40.1 is below the national average of around 46. Compare with progress data, which may show a different picture.
- 40.1
- Attainment 8
- 35%
- 5+ Eng & Maths
- 2025/2026
- Academic year
No Progress 8 data is available for this school in the years we hold.
Admissions realism depends on your home postcode and the school's published allocation data. Enter your postcode on this page to get a more specific assessment, and always verify the latest policy on the school's official admissions page.
Watch-outs
- This school has been placed in a category of concern by Ofsted (SM). Check the latest inspection report.
What to do next
- Verify the school's official admissions policy
- Book an open day or school visit
- Add this school to your shortlist and compare with backup options
Starting school in September 2027
- Secondary (Year 7): apply by 31 October 2026; offers on 1 March 2027.
National dates for England. You apply through the council where you live, even for a school in another council.
Admissions and catchment
Year 7 entry · Hertfordshire council allocation figures, 2025–2026
Add a postcode to see where you would sit against past cut-offs.
Last distance offered in 2026: 7.9 km (4.92 miles), the furthest a child offered a place lived from the school. Add your postcode to see where you would sit.
Why we say “Add your postcode”
- In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 7.9 km (4.92 miles) from the school: the last distance offered. Hertfordshire printed 7,920.61 m (allocation day).
- 208 applications for 120 places in 2026 (1.7 per place).
What could change this
- We measure a straight line from your postcode centre. The council measures from your home address, sometimes along walking routes, so treat anything near the line with care.
- Cut-offs move every year with the number of applicants and siblings.
- Children with an EHC plan, looked-after children and siblings are usually offered places before distance is used.
- Past allocations never guarantee a place.
Rings are straight-line distance from the school, not a catchment boundary. Councils measure from your home address, sometimes along walking routes, and the distance changes every year.
Last distance offered
Furthest child offered a place.
Applications and places
Published admission number (PAN) against applications
208 applications for 120 places in 2026
121 offers made at allocation day, 2026
Councils count applications differently (all preferences or first preferences only).
Pupils on roll
School census count against building capacity
61% full. Source: Get Information about Schools, 26 September 2026. A full school can still have places in the entry year.
In-year places (September 2026 to July 2027): Year 7: places available · Year 8: places available · Year 9: no places · Year 10: no places · Year 11: no places. As listed by the council on 27 September 2026 (source). Lists change daily; confirm with the council’s in-year admissions team.
Sources — check them yourself
- 2026 (allocation day): Hertfordshire council allocation figures (PDF, page 47)
- 2025 (allocation day): Hertfordshire council allocation figures (PDF, page 44)
- Official admissions page: Hertfordshire. Use its address checker or booklet to confirm your own position.
Figures collected from council publications on 27 September 2026 and shown as printed, converted to km. Years the council did not publish are left blank. Past allocations never guarantee a place.
Applications and offers
National offer day figures that councils report to the Department for Education. These are counts only: they do not show how far away the last child offered a place lived.
Year 7 entry
| Year of entry | Places offered | Put it first | First choices offered | Applications (any preference) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 102 | 59 | 59 (100%) | 179 |
| September 2025 | 116 | 78 | 78 (100%) | 234 |
| September 2024 | 111 | 54 | 54 (100%) | 176 |
| September 2023 | 175 | 114 | 114 (100%) | 334 |
| September 2022 | 217 | 149 | 148 (99%) | 468 |
Source: Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers, Academic year 2026/27, school-level data, published 18 June 2026. “–” means the figure was not published. The council’s own allocation figures are the official record: check Hertfordshire’s admissions page for cut-off distances, the admission rules and this year’s dates.
Performance over time
Attainment 8 over time
University destinations
Share of this school's sixth-form leavers who went on to Oxford or Cambridge, a Russell Group university, or a university in the top third by entry grades. Department for Education data for state-funded schools and colleges.
| Left sixth form | Students | Oxford or Cambridge | Russell Group | Top-third universities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 2023-24 tables | 83 | Not published | Not published | 10.8% England 19% |
| 2019/20 2022-2023 tables | 103 | 0% England 1% | 8% England 18% | 12% England 20% |
| 2018/19 2021-2022 tables | 105 | 2% England 1% | 8% England 15% | 10% England 17% |
| 2017/18 2020-2021 tables | 107 | 0% England 1% | 8% England 16% | 10% England 18% |
| 2015/16 2018-2019 tables | 130 | 0% England 1% | 12% England 14% | 18% England 19% |
- The DfE stopped publishing Oxbridge and Russell Group shares for individual schools after the 2022-23 performance tables (students who left in 2019/20). Top-third figures continue.
- Figures are percentages of all students who finished 16 to 18 study at the school, counting those who sustained a university place in the two years after leaving.
- Rankings use the average across years weighted by the number of students; a school needs at least 2 years and 50 students to be ranked. The top-third ranking uses the latest 3 years. Ranks are among state-funded schools and colleges.
- '<0.5%' means above zero but under half a percent. 'Suppressed' means 5 or fewer students.
- Some years were published under this school's previous URN, before it converted or merged.
- Source: Department for Education, 16 to 18 progression to higher education or training (Compare school and college performance, Explore education statistics).
Entry, tests and fees
Entrance test
Supplementary Information Form(SIF)
Source · checked 27 October 2026
The Technology Aptitude Test for September for Year 7 entry in 2027 will be held on Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Source · checked 27 October 2026
The tests form part of our oversubscription criteria for secondary transfer and involve the children sitting two papers: a verbal reasoning paper and a non-verb…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Admissions
Note for 2024/25 admissions - Danes Educational Trust has applied for and received permission from the Department for Education to reduce the published admissio…
Source · checked 27 October 2026
Copied from the school's and test organisers' own pages; check them before registering or applying.
Questions parents ask about The John Warner School
- How good are The John Warner School's GCSE results?
- In 2025/26 (provisional) pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.1, against 47.6 across England. 6.1% got grade 7 or above in both English and maths.
- How good are The John Warner School's A-level results?
- In 2024/25 students averaged 26.6 points per A-level entry (an average grade of C-). An A* is worth 60 points and an A 50.
- How hard is it to get into The John Warner School?
- For September 2026, 59 families put it first for 102 Year 7 places: 0.6 first choices per place. Some of its places go by an ability or aptitude test; its admission policy says how many.
- What is The John Warner School's catchment area?
- It has no fixed boundary. In 2026 the furthest distance offered for Year 7 was 4.92 miles (7.92 km), from Hertfordshire council's allocation figures. It moves every year with applicant and sibling numbers, so a past distance never guarantees a place.
- How many The John Warner School students go to Oxford or Cambridge?
- 0.5% of its sixth-form leavers went to Oxford or Cambridge, and 9.2% to Russell Group universities (2015/16–2019/20), from Department for Education destination data.
Historical results
| Year | Pupils | Att8 | P8 | 5+ E&M | 7+ E&M | EBacc % | EBacc APS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/2026 (provisional) | 147 | 40.1 | — | 34.7% | 6.1% | — | — |
| 2024/2025 | 197 | 40.8 | — | 32.5% | — | 13.7% | 3.4 |
| 2023/2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBacc figures stop at 2024/2025: the DfE no longer publishes them from 2025/2026.
Nearby and similar schools
Other secondary schools in Hertfordshire for local comparison.
School information
| URN | 150656 |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| Region | East of England |
| Phase | Secondary |
| Type | Academy converter |
| Gender of entry | Mixed |
| Age range | 11-18 |
| Headteacher | Chris Price |
| Trust | DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST |
| Admissions | — |
| Religious character | None |
| Postcode | EN11 0QF |
| Pupils | 821 |
| FSM eligible | 18.1% |
Contact and identifiers
Stanstead Road, Hoddesdon, EN11 0QF
https://www.johnwarner.herts.sch.uk/1992462889| DfE number | 4039 |
| UKPRN | 10094450 |
| Opened | 1 Jan 2024 |
| GIAS updated | 19 Sept 2025 |
Data sources and freshness
| Official record updated | 19 Sept 2025 |
| Latest KS4 year | 2025/2026 |
| Latest KS2 year | — |
| Ofsted published | 18 Dec 2022 |
Latest Ofsted inspection
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Inadequate |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding | Not effective |
| Inspection type | Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1 |
| Category of concern | SM |
| Inspection date | 11 Oct 2022 |
| Publication date | 18 Dec 2022 |