The Highfield School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
Local ranking70th of 82 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1068
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 22.8%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 171
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 78.0%
- Higher education
- 51.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 20.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
32.4
Avg Points/Entry
32.3
Best 3 A-Levels
74
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.9%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 129
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 978
- Boys
- 468 (48%)
- Girls
- 510 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1068 (92% full)
- SEND
- 29.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.8%
- EAL
- 9.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 25.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 60.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,064/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.0%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.9%
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: 68.3%
- White Other: 5.1%
- Other: 5.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Black Caribbean: 4.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.5%
68.3%
White British
5.1%
White Other
5.1%
Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 150217
- UKPRN
- 10093457
- Establishment No.
- 4122
- Trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST