UK Schools
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA)
St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) is a mixed secondary academy in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 911 pupils aged 11 to 19. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in October 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 3 September 2025 to 17 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for St Mary's Church of England High School (VA).
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for St Mary's Church of England High School (VA).
- 1 Staff Training Day
- 2 Year 7 and Year 12 only in school
- 3 Whole school autumn term starts
- 24 Staff Training Day
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 28 Staff Occasional Day
- 19 End of Autumn term (students depart 12.30pm)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Staff Training Day
- 6 Whole school spring term starts
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 27 End of Spring term (students depart 12.30pm)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 Staff Training Day
- 14 Whole school summer term starts
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 17 End of Summer term and school year (students depart 12.30pm)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Staff Training Day Sep 1, 2025 Inset Day
- Year 7 and Year 12 only in school Sep 2, 2025 Event
- Whole school autumn term starts Sep 3, 2025 Term
- Staff Training Day Oct 24, 2025 Inset Day
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Staff Occasional Day Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- End of Autumn term (students depart 12.30pm) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- Whole school spring term starts Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- End of Spring term (students depart 12.30pm) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Training Day Apr 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Whole school summer term starts Apr 14, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- End of Summer term and school year (students depart 12.30pm) Jul 17, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 18 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 25.32 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 25.3% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 91% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for St Mary's Church of England High School (VA). Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.