Hitchin Girls' School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 19 2013 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137288
Address
Highbury Road, SG4 9RS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1355 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
13%
Free school meals (FSM)
6.6%
Persistent absence
17.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 69.2%
Mixed 7.2%
Indian 5.5%
Other White 4.3%
Other Asian 3.2%
Unclassified 2.4%
African 2%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Chinese 1.5%
Pakistani 1%
Other 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.53
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 58.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.12
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Ancient HistoryGCSE26
Art & DesignGCSE66
BiologyGCSE60
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE44
DanceGCSE13
English LanguageGCSE202
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Hitchin Girls' School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
209
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
258
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
72
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
209
2nd preference
0
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
211
0
211
Year 8
210
0
210
Year 9
208
0
208
Year 10
211
0
211
Year 11
205
0
205
Year 12
156
0
156
Year 13
154
0
154
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
96.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
78.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
5.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
87.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
34.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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