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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 17 July 2024Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
- 28 January 2015Graded inspection: 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 entry577 applications · 219 places offered · 290 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 2.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2017 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2016 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 2015 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2014 3.1; 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 219 | 577 | 2.6 | 290 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2025 | 208 | 601 | 2.9 | 245 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 216 | 598 | 2.8 | 261 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2023 | 219 | 545 | 2.5 | 247 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2022 | 218 | 518 | 2.4 | 212 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2021 | 220 | 564 | 2.6 | 224 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 | 669 | 2.9 | 263 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 221 | 691 | 3.1 | 248 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2018 | 225 | 657 | 2.9 | 281 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2017 | 223 | 594 | 2.7 | 242 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2016 | 214 | 578 | 2.7 | 246 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2015 | 222 | 637 | 2.9 | 280 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2014 | 194 | 607 | 3.1 | 256 | 1.32 |
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.) | 234 | 55.7 | 60% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 239 | 57.9 | 64% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 56.8 | 64% | 84% | +0.72 |
| 2022/23 | 245 | 57.3 | 65% | 86% | +0.70 |
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
- The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 55.7Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireStandards maintained20243.0applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · Hertfordshire20261.3applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 61.8Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · Hertfordshire20252.0applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · HertfordshireGood20233.0applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137895 · 919/5413
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 1,405 pupils · 1,620 on roll
- Free school meals
- 10.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2012
- Replaced
- The John Henry Newman Catholic School (URN 117585)
- Address
- Hitchin Road, Stevenage, SG1 4AE
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Stevenage
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources