The Highfield School
Highfield, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3QA
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by The Highfield School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lucy Miles
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,068
- Pupils on roll
- 987
- URN
- 117537
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
The Highfield School was a foundation secondary school in Letchworth Garden City. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 987 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
The Highfield School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 156 | 167 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.8 | 42.1 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.11 -0.33 to +0.12 | -0.41 -0.64 to -0.19 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 43% | 37.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 49.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 36.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 3.8 |
Trends over time
How The Highfield School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 44.8 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.1 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
How The Highfield School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 7% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10.8% | 27.4% | 987 | — |
| The Highfield School | 41.7 | 10% | 27.8% | 937 | 0.0 miles |
| Fearnhill School | 38.9 | 10.9% | 39.3% | 597 | 0.6 miles |
| The Priory School | 48.5 | 8.7% | 24.2% | 1,221 | 1.8 miles |
| Hitchin Girls' School | 57.8 | 7.2% | 8.4% | 1,357 | 1.9 miles |
| Hitchin Boys' School | 57.1 | 4.4% | 7.9% | 1,364 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.4%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 10.8%
- Persistent absence
- 28.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Highfield School0.0 miles
Secondary · Letchworth Garden City
-
Fearnhill School0.6 miles
Secondary · Letchworth
-
The Priory School1.8 miles
Secondary · Hitchin
-
Hitchin Girls' School1.9 miles
Secondary · Hitchin
-
Hitchin Boys' School2.0 miles
Secondary · Hitchin
Other schools in Letchworth Garden City
- The Highfield School Secondary
- Garden City Academy Primary
- Icknield Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Lordship Farm Primary School Primary
- Northfields Infants and Nursery School Primary
- Norton St Nicholas CofE (VA) Primary School Primary
- St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School Primary
- Stonehill School Primary
- The Grange Academy Primary
- Wilbury Junior School Primary
- North Herts Education Support Centre Local authority maintained schools
- Woolgrove School, Special Needs Academy Academies
Common questions
- What ages does The Highfield School teach?
- The Highfield School taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Letchworth Garden City.
- Has The Highfield School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected The Highfield School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at The Highfield School?
- The Highfield School had 987 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have The Highfield School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.8 in 2022/23 and 42.1 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are The Highfield School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Highfield School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 28 October 2024.