Hitchin Boys' School
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
B75
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG5 1JB
- Distance
- 1.3km away
The Priory School
Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR
Local ranking49th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1300
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.1% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 32.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 195
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 54.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 27.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
36.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
38.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
122
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 26.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 262
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1242
- Boys
- 640 (52%)
- Girls
- 602 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1300 (96% full)
- SEND
- 21.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.2%
- EAL
- 6.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 17.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 76.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,424/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.5%
- White Other: 4.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.1%
- Other: 2.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.3%
- Black African: 1.8%
72.5%
White British
4.4%
White Other
4.3%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Bedford Road
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 117499
- UKPRN
- 10006786
- Establishment No.
- 4000
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