Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Woods Avenue, Hatfield, AL10 8NL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- BISHOP'S HATFIELD GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Alf Wood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,003
- Pupils on roll
- 942
- URN
- 137757
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01707275331
About this school
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is a girls' secondary academy in Hatfield. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 942 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 7 December 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Outstanding. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 144 | 149 | 151 |
| Attainment 8 score | 56.3 | 56.7 | 51.9 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.80 +0.56 to +1.05 | +0.38 +0.13 to +0.62 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57% | 63.8% | 55% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 80.5% | 73.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 57% | 53.7% | 46.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Bishop's Hatfield Girls' 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 | 56.3 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 56.7 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.9 | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 943 |
| 2023/24 | 949 |
| 2024/25 | 942 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School compares
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School ranked 33rd of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.9 | 8% | 18.8% | 942 | — |
| Onslow St Audrey's School | 36.6 | 11.8% | 35.5% | 787 | 0.3 miles |
| Stanborough School | 47.9 | 5.5% | 20% | 1,287 | 2.2 miles |
| Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School | 56.4 | 4.7% | 12.1% | 1,134 | 2.8 miles |
| Chancellor's School | 47.6 | 8.8% | 17.9% | 1,241 | 2.8 miles |
| Beaumont School | 62.6 | 5.2% | 5.3% | 1,722 | 3.1 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.8%
- English as an additional language
- 23.7%
- Overall absence
- 8.03%
- Persistent absence
- 19.95%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Onslow St Audrey's School0.3 miles
Secondary · Hatfield
-
Stanborough School2.2 miles
Secondary · Welwyn Garden City
-
Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School2.8 miles
Secondary · St Albans
-
Chancellor's School2.8 miles
Secondary · Hatfield
-
Beaumont School3.1 miles
Secondary · St Albans
Other schools in Hatfield
- Chancellor's School Secondary
- Onslow St Audrey's School Secondary
- Birchwood Nursery School Nursery
- Birchwood Avenue Primary School Primary
- Brookmans Park Primary School Primary
- Countess Anne Church of England School Primary
- De Havilland Primary School Primary
- Green Lanes Primary School Primary
- Hatfield Community Free School Primary
- Howe Dell Primary School Primary
- Oak View Primary and Nursery School Primary
- St Mary's Church of England VA Primary School, Welham Green Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School teach?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Hatfield.
- Who is the headteacher of Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School?
- The headteacher of Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is Headteacher Alf Wood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School has 942 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School full?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School has capacity for 1,003 pupils and 942 on roll (94%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School a faith school?
- No. Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School has no designated religious character.
- Is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School a selective school?
- No. Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is part of BISHOP'S HATFIELD GIRLS' SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 56.3 in 2022/23 and 51.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School rank locally?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School ranked 33rd of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 81% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's absence rate?
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's overall absence rate is 8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Bishop's Hatfield Girls' 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 1 July 2026.