Fearnhill School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D53
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Letchworth, SG6 4BA
- Distance
- 0.9km away
The Highfield School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
Local ranking77th of 81 secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1068
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
School history and successor
Continues from The Highfield School (URN 117537) since 1 November 2023. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 40.4% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 22.8% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- 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
nat 35.0
32.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
74
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 16.9% nat17.5%
- 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% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.9% 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: 71.9%
- White Other: 5.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.5%
- Asian Indian: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.7%
- Black African: 2.7%
- Mixed Other: 2.6%
- Black Caribbean: 1.4%
71.9%
White British
5.4%
White Other
4.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Highfield
Letchworth Garden City, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 150217
- UKPRN
- 10093457
- Establishment No.
- 4122
- Trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
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