Haileybury Turnford
Mill Lane, Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, EN8 0JU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HAILEYBURY ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mr Robin Newman
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- Haileybury Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Broxbourne
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,160
- Pupils on roll
- 1,021
- URN
- 142051
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01992308333
About this school
Haileybury Turnford is a secondary academy in Waltham Cross. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,021 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 135 | 141 | 122 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 42.5 | 43.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.30 +0.05 to +0.54 | -0.05 -0.29 to +0.20 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 35.5% | 36.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 55.3% | 68% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 28% | 24.8% | 12.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
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 Haileybury Turnford 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 | 45.5 | 44.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.5 | 44.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 43.3 | 44.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 868 |
| 2023/24 | 922 |
| 2024/25 | 967 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Haileybury Turnford compares
Haileybury Turnford ranked 59th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 43.3 | 7.5% | 33.3% | 1,021 | — |
| Goffs - Churchgate Academy | 42.6 | 9.2% | 33.9% | 582 | 1.1 miles |
| Goffs Academy | 49.1 | 6.9% | 18.7% | 1,574 | 1.4 miles |
| St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) | 45 | 8.6% | 37.6% | 911 | 1.7 miles |
| The Broxbourne School | 55.4 | 6% | 13.6% | 1,442 | 2.0 miles |
| The Lea Valley Academy | 33.3 | 11% | 55% | 830 | 2.3 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report21 April 2026
- 1 March 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.33%
- English as an additional language
- 17.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.47%
- Persistent absence
- 23.4%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Goffs - Churchgate Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · Waltham Cross
-
Goffs Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Waltham Cross
-
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)1.7 miles
Secondary · Waltham Cross
-
The Broxbourne School2.0 miles
Secondary · Broxbourne
-
The Lea Valley Academy2.3 miles
Secondary · Enfield
Other schools in Waltham Cross
- Goffs - Churchgate Academy Secondary
- Goffs Academy Secondary
- St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) Secondary
- Arlesdene Nursery School and Pre-School Nursery
- Greenfield Nursery School Nursery
- Bonneygrove Primary School Primary
- Brookland Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Brookland Junior School Primary
- Burleigh Primary School Primary
- Churchfield Church of England Academy Primary
- Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Downfield Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Haileybury Turnford teach?
- Haileybury Turnford teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Waltham Cross.
- Who is the principal of Haileybury Turnford?
- The principal of Haileybury Turnford is Mr Robin Newman, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Haileybury Turnford last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Haileybury Turnford, 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 Haileybury Turnford?
- Haileybury Turnford has 1,021 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Haileybury Turnford full?
- Haileybury Turnford has capacity for 1,160 pupils and 1,021 on roll (88%), 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 Haileybury Turnford a faith school?
- No. Haileybury Turnford has no designated religious character.
- Is Haileybury Turnford a selective school?
- No. Haileybury Turnford is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Haileybury Turnford?
- Haileybury Turnford is part of HAILEYBURY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Haileybury Turnford's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.5 in 2022/23 and 43.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Haileybury Turnford rank locally?
- Haileybury Turnford ranked 59th of 78 secondary schools in Hertfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 50% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Haileybury Turnford's absence rate?
- Haileybury Turnford's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Haileybury Turnford's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Haileybury Turnford'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 15 July 2026.