The Highfield School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
- Distance
- 4.1km away
The Knights Templar School
Park Street, Baldock, SG7 6DZ
Local ranking53rd of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1330
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 26 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 201
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 89.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 43.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.5
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
126
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 27.4
- 16-18 Cohort
- 380
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1414
- Boys
- 714 (52%)
- Girls
- 661 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1330 (103% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.7%
- EAL
- 6.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 85.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,682/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 17.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 78.6%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
- Black African: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.2%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
78.6%
White British
5.2%
White Other
3.2%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136608
- UKPRN
- 10033226
- Establishment No.
- 4016
- Trust
- THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SCHOOL
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