Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry18 applications · 6 places offered · 3 named it first
Small intakeFewer than 60 places, so not ranked.
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 0.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 3 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.00 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 98 | 40.5 | 25% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 93 | 40.3 | 34% | 53% | – |
| 2023/24 | 89 | 42.7 | 45% | 57% | +0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 119 | 44.7 | 38% | 61% | +0.31 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- King James Academy RoystonThis schoolThis schoolGood20243.0applications per place 40.5Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20231.8applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20251.3applications per place 43.7Attainment 8
- 11.5 km · HertfordshireRemains Good202451.8Attainment 8
- 11.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good2024
- 14.4 km · CambridgeshireRemains Good20231.5applications per place 54.2Attainment 8
- 14.4 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 14.6 km · CambridgeshireGraded · no overall grade20242.2applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 15.8 km · Central BedfordshireGood202444.6Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 137656 · 919/4140
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,321 pupils · 947 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2011
- Address
- Garden Walk, Royston, SG8 7JH
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources