Robert Barclay Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Hoddesdon · EN11 8JY · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att842.7
- P80.1
- EM5+38%
- Absence6.9%
1.0 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: OutstandingURN 136396
The Broxbourne School
Academy converter · Broxbourne · EN10 7FU
Ages 11–18 · 1,442 pupils · Hertfordshire
Ofsted
Outstanding
Attainment 8
54.7
Overall absence
6.1%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Outstanding
Inspection date
2024-06-25
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.10
−20+2
Attainment 854.7
English & maths grade 5+70%
English & maths grade 4+82%
EBacc entry69%
EBacc APS: 5.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)14.2%
Unauthorised0.9%
- Authorised absence
- 5.2%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 1.5%
- Enrolments in measure
- 1,130
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill114%
1,442 pupils · 1,260 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,442
- Boys / girls
- 713 / 729
- School capacity
- 1,260
- Capacity fill
- 1,442 / 1,260 (114%)
- Free school meals
- 12.5%
- FSM pupils
- 146
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- 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
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BROXBOURNE SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- THE BROXBOURNE SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Clift
Location
- Address
- Badgers Walk
- Postcode
- EN10 7FU
- Town
- Broxbourne
- County
- Hertfordshire
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- District
- Broxbourne
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- 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 Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, 1,442 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 12.5%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Haileybury Turnford
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy sponsor led · Secondary
Waltham Cross · EN8 0JU · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att842.5
- P8-0.1
- EM5+36%
- Absence7.6%
2.0 miles away
The John Warner School
Ofsted: InadequateAcademy converter · Secondary
Hoddesdon · EN11 0QF · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Absence11.7%
- FSM20.4%
2.5 miles away
Goffs Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Secondary
Waltham Cross · EN7 5QW · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–18
- Att849.5
- P80.2
- EM5+52%
- Absence6.5%
2.8 miles away
Goffs - Churchgate Academy
Ofsted: Expected standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Waltham Cross · EN8 9LY · Hertfordshire
Ages 11–16
- Att845.6
- P80.4
- EM5+41%
- Absence8.4%
2.9 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Peter Clift
- Telephone
- 01992411060