Hitchin Girls' School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B77
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Hitchin, SG4 9RS
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Hitchin Boys' School
Grammar School Walk, Hitchin, SG5 1JB
Local ranking16th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: ExceptionalUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1400
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Boys
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 25 November 2025. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Strong standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership & governance
- Exceptional
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 65.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 83.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 210
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 92.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 26.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
37.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
39.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
139
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 34.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 23.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 303
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1357
- Boys
- 1364 (100%)
- Capacity
- 1400 (97% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 7.9%
- EAL
- 9.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 86.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,962/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
- 4.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 9.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- 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: 71.8%
- Asian Indian: 6.0%
- White Other: 4.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 1.9%
- Asian Other: 1.9%
71.8%
White British
6.0%
Asian Indian
4.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Grammar School Walk
Hitchin, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139154
- UKPRN
- 10039989
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- HITCHIN BOYS' SCHOOL
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