Avanti Grange Secondary School
Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Ben Martin
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 660
- URN
- 149078
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01279211721
About this school
Avanti Grange Secondary School is a secondary academy in Bishops Stortford. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 660 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Avanti Grange Secondary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Avanti Grange Secondary 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 107 |
| 2023/24 | 297 |
| 2024/25 | 464 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Avanti Grange Secondary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 12.9% | 660 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic School | 57.6 | 5.9% | 10.4% | 1,106 | 1.0 miles |
| Hockerill Anglo-European College | 61.7 | 6% | 5.2% | 903 | 1.3 miles |
| The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College | 63.6 | 7.5% | 5.6% | 1,508 | 1.4 miles |
| Birchwood High School | 46.1 | 10.2% | 20.1% | 1,417 | 1.5 miles |
| The Bishop's Stortford High School | 60.2 | 5.2% | 6.3% | 1,279 | 2.4 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)
- 12.93%
- English as an additional language
- 8.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.29%
- Persistent absence
- 11.79%
Location
Nearby schools
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St Mary's Catholic School1.0 miles
Secondary · Bishop's Stortford
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Hockerill Anglo-European College1.3 miles
Secondary · Bishop's Stortford
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The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College1.4 miles
Secondary · Bishop's Stortford
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Birchwood High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Bishop's Stortford
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The Bishop's Stortford High School2.4 miles
Secondary · Bishop's Stortford
Other schools in Bishops Stortford
- Avanti Brook Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Avanti Grange Secondary School teach?
- Avanti Grange Secondary School teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Bishops Stortford.
- Who is the headteacher of Avanti Grange Secondary School?
- The headteacher of Avanti Grange Secondary School is Mr Ben Martin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Avanti Grange Secondary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Avanti Grange Secondary 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 many pupils are at Avanti Grange Secondary School?
- Avanti Grange Secondary School has 660 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Avanti Grange Secondary School full?
- Avanti Grange Secondary School has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 660 on roll (55%), 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 Avanti Grange Secondary School a faith school?
- No. Avanti Grange Secondary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Avanti Grange Secondary School a selective school?
- No. Avanti Grange Secondary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Avanti Grange Secondary School part of an academy trust?
- Avanti Grange Secondary School is part of AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Avanti Grange Secondary School have?
- The schools register lists Avanti Grange Secondary School's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Avanti Grange Secondary School's absence rate?
- Avanti Grange Secondary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Avanti Grange Secondary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Avanti Grange Secondary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.