The Hemel Hempstead School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1. 1Children looked after / previously looked after — Children looked after and children who were previously looked after, including those who appear (to the admission authority) to have been in state care outside of England, and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted or became subject to a child arrangements order or a special guardianship order.
2. 2Medical or social need — Children for whom it can be demonstrated that they have a particular medical or social need to go to the school, supported by specific recent professional evidence justifying why only this one school can meet the child's individual needs.
3. 3Siblings — Sibling children who have a sibling at the school at the time of application, unless the sibling is in the last year of the normal age-range of the school (Year Seven to Year Thirteen).
4. 4Children of staff — Children of a member of staff at the school, provided the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application, and/or is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
5. 5Priority primary school — Children who, at the closing date for applications, attend the following priority primary school: Oakleaf Primary School.
6. 6Priority Area Six - nearest non-faith, co-educational, non-partially selective school — Children who live in the Priority Area Six for whom it is their nearest Hertfordshire maintained school or academy that is non-faith, co-educational, and non-partially selective. Priority Area Six comprises Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley, Berkhamsted, Tring, Garston, Watford, Chorleywood, Rickmansworth and surrounding parishes as listed. Coeducational schools which select partially on ability (Dame Alice Owen's, Parmiter's, Queen's, Rickmansworth School, St Clements Danes) are excluded from this measure. Only one school can qualify under this rule as only one can be closest.
7. 7Priority area - nearest — Children who live in the priority area who live nearest to the school, measured in a straight line using AddressBase Premium address points to 2 decimal places.
8. 8Outside priority area - nearest by distance — Children living outside the priority area on the basis of distance, with those living nearest to the school given priority, measured in a straight line using AddressBase Premium address points to 2 decimal places.

If two applications tie: Where two different addresses are at the same distance from the school (e.g. a block of flats), the lower door number will be deemed nearest. If there are two identical addresses of separate applicants, the tie break will be random, using an individual random number (1 to 1 million) assigned to each applicant, with the lower number given priority.

Document also states Sixth Form PAN of 30 for external applicants in September 2027, with places allocated using Admission Rules 1-7 if oversubscribed, subject to minimum academic entry requirements per subject. Sixth form tie-break for same-grade students is by coin toss witnessed by the Vicar of St John's Church, Boxmoor.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.