Hayesfield Girls School
Bath, BA2 3LA · Bath and North East Somerset · secondary school
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1st of 14 secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to the 648 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 8.5/10 among them, against 9.1/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 52 | 35% | 1.84 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2025/26 | 67.0 · 88 | 30% | 2.65 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.76 · 93 | 25% | 2.32 |
| Attainment 8 2025/26 | 59.9 · 92 | 10% | 0.92 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Hayesfield Girls School overview
How it's doing
In 2024/25, 60.0% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 57.0, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.76 in 2023/24, indicating better progress than pupils nationally starting from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 8.0 out of 10 among them, against 8.7 out of 10 nationally. Ofsted rated the school Good in January 2023.
Beyond the classroom
Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh Award, LEAP, Hayesfield Climate Committee, and Student Leadership groups. Sports include the Hayesfield Hawks cheerleading team and Sports Day. Arts features dance and a Bath Theatre School collaboration. Trips include visits to Monkton Combe, Osmington Bay, St Ives, and a French Disney trip.
Getting in
The published school roll is 1,497 pupils against a stated capacity of 1,420. These whole-school figures do not establish entry-year vacancies or the likelihood of an offer. Confirm entry-year availability and admissions criteria with the school or local authority.
Worth asking on a visit
How does the school support pupils to maintain the +0.76 Progress 8 score across
What Ofsted said about Hayesfield Girls School
Overview
Hayesfield Girls School continues to be a good school, where leaders maintain "high ambitions for pupils" and foster a culture of aspiration. The report highlights a "well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum" that supports pupils in building knowledge over time, alongside an "exceptionally broad range of opportunities" through extracurricular activities and careers programmes.
Strengths
- The curriculum is "well-sequenced" with "golden threads" of learning, ensuring pupils "build and increase their knowledge over time" through explicit teaching and reflection.
- Pupils benefit from an "exceptionally broad range of opportunities," including approximately 90 extracurricular activities, clubs, and a detailed careers programme with visits and guest speakers.
- Literacy is "at the heart of the curriculum," with daily reading expectations and specific support, such as phonics programmes, for those in the early stages of learning to read.
- Safeguarding arrangements are "effective," with an extensive team providing "high level of training and expertise" and ensuring support is "visual and accessible" to pupils.
- Staff receive "high-quality training and support," particularly those in the early stages of their careers, with governors providing "appropriate challenge and support to leaders."
Areas to improve
- Teachers’ understanding of the revised curriculum is "not yet fully established from Year 7 to Year 13," meaning pupils do not always learn it consistently well; leaders should ensure it becomes "fully established across all year groups."
- Support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is sometimes less effective because teachers do not always provide intervention in a "timely way."
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective, with staff confident in identifying concerns and pupils feeling able to "speak with a trusted adult or seek support with ease."
Results over time
Attainment 8, the years we hold.
| Year | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 57.9 |
| 2024/25 | 57.0 |
| 2025/26 | 59.9 |
| England | 44.9 |
Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics. “England” is the median of the 3,682 state schools in England we hold a 2025/26 figure for — a school-level median, not the DfE's pupil-weighted national figure.
Your offer chance
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Next dates
- Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2026
- Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2027
- Secondary application deadline31 Oct 2027
- Secondary National Offer Day1 Mar 2028
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