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Yavneh College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,085Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • JewishReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 136922URN

Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.9 below Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

359 applications for 175 places · 61st of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
59.5of 90
15th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 November 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.1applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Hertfordshire median (3.0) close to England median (2.2)

359 applications · 175 places offered · 145 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  13. 2014 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261753592.11450.83
Sep 20251733832.21771.02
Sep 20241453612.51461.01
Sep 20231754342.51891.08
Sep 20221403792.71380.99
Sep 20211744192.41550.89
Sep 20201414142.91571.11
Sep 20191434353.01801.26
Sep 20181464903.42111.45
Sep 20171494793.21921.29
Sep 20161475343.62211.50
Sep 20151485123.51951.32
Sep 20141474713.21711.16

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

177 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)59.515th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths69%18th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.97
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)17759.569%88%–
2024/2515261.675%90%–
2023/2417561.777%90%+0.97
2022/2315258.066%88%+0.85

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

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  • Urgent improvement
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Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136922 · 919/4802
Trust
Yavneh College Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Jewish
Capacity
1,035 pupils · 1,085 on roll
Free school meals
6.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Yavneh College (URN 134985)
Address
Hillside Avenue, Borehamwood, WD6 1HL
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Hertsmere

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources