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Academy sponsor led · Hertfordshire

Robert Barclay Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 821Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 143131URN

Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.8per place
0.2 below Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

399 applications for 145 places · 46th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
45.6of 90
53rd of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.8applications per place, Year 7
0.2 below Hertfordshire median (3.0) 0.5 above England median (2.2)

399 applications · 145 places offered · 127 named it first

  1. 2026 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 3.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  11. 2016 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Sheredes School (URN 117538), 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 20261453992.81270.88
Sep 20251365283.91521.12
Sep 20241395113.71691.22
Sep 20231114654.21341.21
Sep 20221444973.51561.08
Sep 20211374403.21240.91
Sep 20201203933.3860.72
Sep 20191394153.01020.73
Sep 20181333732.8930.70
Sep 20171343582.7860.64
Sep 2016 *992963.0810.82
Sep 2015 *1163402.9710.61
Sep 2014 *952702.8600.63

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

137 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)45.653rd of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths41%56th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths60%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.11
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13745.641%60%–
2024/2510744.239%57%–
2023/2411242.738%59%+0.11
2022/2310844.942%63%−0.10

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
143131 · 919/4024
Trust
Scholars' Education Trust
Capacity
940 pupils · 821 on roll
Free school meals
22.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2016
Replaced
Sheredes School (URN 117538)
Address
Cock Lane, Hoddesdon, EN11 8JY
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Broxbourne

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