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Academy sponsor led · Hertfordshire

Haileybury Turnford

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,021Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 142051URN

Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

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

380 applications for 182 places · 59th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.2of 90
52nd of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 10 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 1 March 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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)

380 applications · 182 places offered · 140 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 1.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 2.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 2.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
  12. 2015 2.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 0 of 11 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Turnford School (URN 117531), the previous school.

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 20261823802.11400.77
Sep 20251813612.01070.59
Sep 20241763331.91100.63
Sep 20231542921.9690.45
Sep 20221702901.7890.52
Sep 20211632741.7720.44
Sep 20201342652.0640.48
Sep 20191593031.9830.52
Sep 20181282832.2910.71
Sep 20171473612.5850.58
Sep 20161333612.7990.74
Sep 2015 *1273272.61050.83
Sep 2014 *1573172.01180.75

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

149 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.252nd of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%54th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths66%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.05
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)14946.242%66%–
2024/2512243.337%68%–
2023/2414142.536%55%−0.05
2022/2313545.541%62%+0.30

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
142051 · 919/4022
Trust
Haileybury Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,160 pupils · 1,021 on roll
Free school meals
34.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2015
Replaced
Turnford School (URN 117531)
Address
Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Broxbourne

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