Hitchin Boys' School
Ofsted: Exceptional
Score
B76
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG5 1JB
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS
Local ranking13th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Girls
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 8 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 8 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Sixth form provision
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 61.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 74.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 88.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 208
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 99.0%
- Continued in education
- 98.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 25.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B
Avg A-Level Grade
38.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
40.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
150
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 33.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 307
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1356
- Girls
- 1357 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (97% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 8.4%
- EAL
- 14.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.6%
- SEN Support
- 12.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 81.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,404/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
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.3% 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: 70.2%
- Asian Indian: 5.9%
- White Other: 4.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Asian Other: 3.2%
- Asian Chinese: 2.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.0%
70.2%
White British
5.9%
Asian Indian
4.2%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Highbury Road
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137288
- UKPRN
- 10034564
- Establishment No.
- 4009
- Trust
- HITCHIN GIRLS' SCHOOL
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