Hertswood Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Borehamwood, WD6 5LG
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Elstree Screen Arts Academy
Studio Way, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 5NN
Local ranking67th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
14-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 28 January 2025 — 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
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.1 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 31.7% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 0.0% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 101
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 85.0%
- Higher education
- 29.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.1
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
13.8
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
76
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 299
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 498
- Boys
- 158 (32%)
- Girls
- 340 (68%)
- Capacity
- 600 (83% full)
- SEND
- 14.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 24.0%
- EAL
- 6.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.4%
- SEN Support
- 9.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,345/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 13.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 35.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- University technical college
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 72.6%
- White Other: 8.3%
- Mixed Other: 4.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Black African: 1.4%
- Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Black Other: 1.2%
72.6%
White British
8.3%
White Other
4.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139416
- UKPRN
- 10041658
- Establishment No.
- 4004
- Trust
- DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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