Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry388 applications · 130 places offered · 121 named it first
- 2026 3.0; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 2.9; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2022 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2021 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2020 3.4; Hertfordshire median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2019 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2018 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2017 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2016 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.3; as the previous school
- 2014 3.5; Hertfordshire median median 3.4; as the previous school
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Dashed bars: as The Highfield School (URN 117537), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 130 | 388 | 3.0 | 121 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 479 | 2.8 | 132 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 170 | 520 | 3.1 | 136 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2023 * | 176 | 515 | 2.9 | 157 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2022 * | 172 | 538 | 3.1 | 157 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2021 * | 176 | 583 | 3.3 | 158 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2020 * | 174 | 599 | 3.4 | 162 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2019 * | 174 | 619 | 3.6 | 157 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2018 * | 174 | 648 | 3.7 | 159 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2017 * | 163 | 582 | 3.6 | 132 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 * | 177 | 632 | 3.6 | 175 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 178 | 665 | 3.7 | 182 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 * | 174 | 613 | 3.5 | 204 | 1.17 |
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.) | 162 | 42.0 | 39% | 57% | – |
| 2024/25 | 171 | 41.7 | 40% | 55% | – |
| 2023/24 * | 167 | 42.1 | 37% | 49% | −0.41 |
| 2022/23 * | 156 | 44.8 | 43% | 60% | −0.11 |
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 Highfield SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.0applications per place 42.0Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20224.1applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 61.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Hertfordshire20252.0applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20232.0applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · Central BedfordshireGood202444.6Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained202545.8Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · HertfordshireRemains Good · improving20242.6applications per place 55.7Attainment 8
- 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
- 150217 · 919/4122
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,068 pupils · 937 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 January 2024
- Replaced
- The Highfield School (URN 117537)
- Address
- Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · North Hertfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources