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Goffs - Churchgate Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 582Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 145297URN

College Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 9LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.2per place
1.2 above Hertfordshire median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire

456 applications for 110 places · 13th of 77 in Hertfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
44.2of 90
58th of 78 in Hertfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 6 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
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. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Expected standard
  2. 11 May 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
4.2applications per place, Year 7
1.2 above Hertfordshire median (3.0) 1.9 above England median (2.2)

456 applications · 110 places offered · 91 named it first

  1. 2026 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  2. 2025 4.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  3. 2024 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  4. 2023 5.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  5. 2022 4.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  6. 2021 5.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
  7. 2020 4.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
  8. 2019 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
  9. 2018 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
  10. 2017 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 5.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
  13. 2014 4.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Hertfordshire median in 8 of 9 years.
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median

Dashed bars: as Cheshunt School (URN 117596), 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 20261104564.2910.83
Sep 20251125384.81211.08
Sep 20241126055.41381.23
Sep 20231035735.61621.57
Sep 20221185834.91411.19
Sep 20211085745.31030.95
Sep 20201185134.41261.07
Sep 20191195114.31000.84
Sep 20181163292.8680.59
Sep 2017 *691842.7360.52
Sep 2016 *372005.4290.78
Sep 2015 *612233.7450.74
Sep 2014 *562224.0290.52

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

117 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)44.258th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths42%55th of 78 in Hertfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Hertfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.37
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)11744.242%67%–
2024/2511742.633%60%–
2023/2411045.641%66%+0.37
2022/2311646.146%63%+0.32

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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145297 · 919/5425
Trust
Generations Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
600 pupils · 582 on roll
Free school meals
34.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 December 2017
Replaced
Cheshunt School (URN 117596)
Address
College Road, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 9LY
Local authority
Hertfordshire · Broxbourne

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