Monk's Walk School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 2AF
Local ranking71st of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1220
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 3 June 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 35.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 24.8% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 48.4% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 31.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 48.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
27.7
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
28.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 21.8
- 16-18 Cohort
- 111
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 929
- Boys
- 488 (53%)
- Girls
- 441 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1220 (76% full)
- SEND
- 27.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 32.5%
- EAL
- 9.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.0%
- SEN Support
- 23.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,429/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 30.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 75.4%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.8%
- Black African: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
75.4%
White British
7.0%
White Other
3.8%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Herns Lane
Welwyn Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 146305
- UKPRN
- 10068455
- Establishment No.
- 4031
- Trust
- AMBITION EDUCATION TRUST
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