UK Schools
The Highfield School
The Highfield School is a mixed secondary academy in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire County Council, teaching 937 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted rated it Good at its last graded inspection in May 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 41.7 (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 The Highfield School.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Highfield School.
- 1–2 INSET Days (no students)
- 3 First day of term (Years 7 and 12 only)
- 4 First day of term (all other year groups)
- 27–31 Autumn Half Term
- 28 Occasional Day (school closed)
- 19 Last day of Autumn Term (Early Close)
- 20–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–4 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 First day of Spring Term
- 16–20 Spring Half Term
- 6 Staff Conference INSET Day (no students)
- 27 Last day of Spring Term (Early Close)
- 28–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–12 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 First day of Summer Term
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 23 Staff training day (no students)
- 17 Last day of Summer Term (Early Close)
- 18–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- INSET Days (no students) Sep 1-2, 2025 Inset Day
- First day of term (Years 7 and 12 only) Sep 3, 2025 Term
- First day of term (all other year groups) Sep 4, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Oct 27-31, 2025 Holiday
- Occasional Day (school closed) Nov 28, 2025 Event
- Last day of Autumn Term (Early Close) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 20, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 Holiday
- First day of Spring Term Jan 5, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- Staff Conference INSET Day (no students) Mar 6, 2026 Inset Day
- Last day of Spring Term (Early Close) Mar 27, 2026 Term
- Easter Holiday Mar 28 - Apr 12, 2026 Holiday
- First day of Summer Term Apr 13, 2026 Term
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Half Term May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Staff training day (no students) Jun 23, 2026 Inset Day
- Last day of Summer Term (Early Close) 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
- 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 The Highfield School with Hertfordshire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 41.7 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
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16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 32.44 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
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Attendance 28.9% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 94% 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 78% 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 The Highfield School. 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 The Highfield School 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.