Stanborough School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 19 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
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
137847
Address
Lemsford Lane, AL8 6YR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1204 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
54.2%
Girls
45.8%
First language not English
17.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
17.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 58.6%
Other White 11.4%
Mixed 8.8%
African 8.6%
Indian 3.2%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other 1.8%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Pakistani 0.9%
Unclassified 0.8%
Caribbean 0.7%
Chinese 0.7%
Other Black 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.42
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

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

Attainment 8 score

School 50.7
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.82
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award27
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE18
Art & DesignGCSE21
BiologyGCSE26
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE25
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE38
English LanguageGCSE192
English LiteratureGCSE192
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Stanborough School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
227
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
265
2nd preference
232
3rd preference
160
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
186
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
5
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 classes18.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
131
109
Year 8
223
112
111
Year 9
215
121
94
Year 10
179
102
77
Year 11
187
104
83
Year 12
98
45
53
Year 13
62
38
24
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
68.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
23.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
7.0%
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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