Richard Hale School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 9 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
139873
Address
Hale Road, SG13 8EN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1217 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
93.8%
Girls
6.2%
First language not English
5.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
7.1%
Persistent absence
16.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 81.5%
Mixed 6.6%
Other White 3.9%
African 1.6%
Unclassified 1.6%
Indian 1.3%
Other Asian 0.9%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Other 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.38
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.2
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.18
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)31
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE85
Business Studies:SingleGCSE100
ChemistryGCSE84
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
Applied EngineeringGCSE60
English LanguageGCSE175
English LiteratureGCSE174
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Richard Hale School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
185
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
198
2nd preference
167
3rd preference
115
From another Local Authority
8
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
163
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
180
0
Year 8
178
178
0
Year 9
179
179
0
Year 10
175
175
0
Year 11
175
175
0
Year 12
158
119
39
Year 13
172
135
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
13.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
80.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
80.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
32.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
27.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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