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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 16 October 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 9 June 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 entry500 applications · 165 places offered · 167 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2017 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2016 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 2015 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2014 3.7; 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 | 165 | 500 | 3.0 | 167 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 | 508 | 3.0 | 170 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 545 | 3.1 | 163 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2023 | 171 | 553 | 3.2 | 190 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2022 | 176 | 561 | 3.2 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2021 | 176 | 561 | 3.2 | 169 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 179 | 525 | 2.9 | 168 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2019 | 178 | 554 | 3.1 | 174 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2018 | 177 | 601 | 3.4 | 172 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2017 | 177 | 556 | 3.1 | 163 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2016 | 160 | 514 | 3.2 | 130 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 | 172 | 523 | 3.0 | 135 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2014 | 157 | 584 | 3.7 | 130 | 0.83 |
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.) | 170 | 44.9 | 41% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 175 | 48.0 | 53% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 172 | 46.1 | 50% | 67% | +0.04 |
| 2022/23 | 163 | 45.9 | 42% | 64% | −0.04 |
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 Thomas Alleyne AcademyThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20243.0applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 0.3 km · HertfordshireGood20232.7applications per place 48.0Attainment 8
- 0.6 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 55.7Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.9applications per place 49.0Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Hertfordshire20261.3applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 61.8Attainment 8
- 6.3 km · Hertfordshire20252.0applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 6.4 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 sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 140037 · 919/4017
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,100 pupils · 970 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2013
- Replaced
- The Thomas Alleyne School (URN 117550)
- Address
- High Street, Stevenage, SG1 3BE
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · Stevenage
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources