The Highfield School
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA · Hertfordshire · secondary school
57th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire we can score, 82 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 4.2/10 against 865 of them, against 3.8/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 40.4 · 41 | 45% | 1.86 |
| Ofsted | 52 | 40% | 2.07 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 41.7 · 28 | 15% | 0.43 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, inspected in 2024. In 2024/25, 40.4% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 41.7, compared to the national median of 44.6. Its position is much the same whether compared with all schools or only those whose pupils have similar backgrounds (4.2 out of 10 against similar schools, 3.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join Writing Club, Chess, and Duke of Edinburgh. Sports include Netball, Football, Dodgeball, Dance, Basketball, and Fitness. Arts and music offer instrumental and vocal lessons, plus Drama productions. Trips range from Kew Gardens and a History trip to London to New York. An after-school club is available.
Getting in. There are 978 pupils in a school with 1068 places, leaving 90 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between the 41.7 Attainment 8 score and the national median of 44.6? With 90 places remaining, how does the school manage class sizes to maintain the Good rating? What specific support is available for pupils who do not achieve Grade 5 or above in English and maths?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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