Academy · Hertfordshire
The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–18
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Hertfordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 290 families put this school as their first choice, and 219 places were offered. 216 of the families who put it first got a place (74%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 219 | 290 | 74% |
| September 2025 | 208 | 245 | 81% |
| September 2024 | 216 | 261 | 82% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Ofsted inspection
Short (ungraded) inspection, 17 July 2024: School remains Good (Improving).
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Pupils
- 1620 (capacity 1405)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Academy trust
- THE DIOCESE OF WESTMINSTER ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01438314643
- Address
- Hitchin Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AE
- Website
- jhn.herts.sch.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.