Haileybury TurnfordGoffs - Churchgate Academy

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Waltham Cross.

Summary of the comparison

Haileybury Turnford and Goffs - Churchgate Academy are secondary schools in Waltham Cross.

  • Haileybury Turnford scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Goffs - Churchgate Academy scores 61 out of 100 (grade C, average). Goffs - Churchgate Academy is ahead on our composite score.

  • Haileybury Turnford was judged the expected standard and Goffs - Churchgate Academy was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 46.2 for Haileybury Turnford and 44.2 for Goffs - Churchgate Academy.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has risen at Haileybury Turnford (43.2 in 2021-22, 46.2 in 2025-26) and has fallen at Goffs - Churchgate Academy (48.1 in 2021-22, 44.2 in 2025-26).

Side-by-side comparison

Haileybury Turnford versus Goffs - Churchgate Academy compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure Waltham CrossHaileybury TurnfordWaltham CrossGoffs - Churchgate AcademyEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100C61/100Stronger figure
Local ranking53rd of 81 in Hertfordshire 46th of 81 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy sponsor led Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-16
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,021 582
Capacity1,160 600
LocationWaltham Cross, EN8 0JU Waltham Cross, EN8 9LY
GCSE results
Attainment 846.2 Stronger figure44.2 46.2
Grade 5+ in English & maths42.3% Stronger figure41.9% 46.3%
Grade 4+ in English & maths65.8% 66.7% Stronger figure64.8%
Cohort149 117
A-level results
A-level entries69 Not reported
A-level average points26.9 Not reported35.0
A-level average gradeC- Not reported
Best 3 A-levels points27.9 Not reported35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects5.7% Not reported17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census967 599
Free school meals (ever 6)33.3% 33.9%
English as an additional language17.7% 19.2%
SEN support9.4% 21.9%
SEN with an EHC plan2.8% 8.7%
Attendance
Overall absence7.5% Stronger figure9.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence23.4% Stronger figure24.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

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