Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Ofsted: School remains OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL10 8NL · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att856.7
- P80.4
- EM5+64%
- Absence7.5%
0.3 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: GoodURN 147535
Onslow St Audrey's School
Academy converter · Hatfield · AL10 8AB
Ages 11–18 · 787 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Good
Attainment 8
36.6
Overall absence
12.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-12-13
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8-0.36
−20+2
Attainment 836.6
English & maths grade 5+27%
English & maths grade 4+49%
EBacc entry30%
EBacc APS: 3.2
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence12.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)40.1%
Unauthorised2.5%
- Authorised absence
- 9.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 5.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 795
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill105%
787 pupils · 750 places
- Pupils on roll
- 787
- Boys / girls
- 473 / 314
- School capacity
- 750
- Capacity fill
- 787 / 750 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 32.4%
- FSM pupils
- 226
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Academy trust
- DANES EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Sponsor
- St Clement Danes School
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Jones
Location
- Address
- Old Rectory Drive
- Postcode
- AL10 8AB
- Town
- Hatfield
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, 787 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy. Free school meals: 32.4%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Stanborough School
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Welwyn Garden City · AL8 6YR · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att846.5
- P80.2
- EM5+48%
- Absence6.6%
2.1 miles away
Chancellor's School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Hatfield · AL9 7BN · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att852.9
- P80.3
- EM5+57%
- Absence8.7%
2.8 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Jones
- Telephone
- 01707264228