Barclay Academy, Stevenage

In 2026, pupils at Barclay Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

49% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is down from 49.5 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.17: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 40.6, against 50.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 145 families put Barclay Academy as their first choice and 523 named it as one of their preferences, for 191 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 2 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Barclay Academy are The Thomas Alleyne Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9); The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.7); Marriotts School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and The Nobel School (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49).

Barclay Academy's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Barclay Academy is one of 11 schools run by Future Academies, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.1 in 2024/25.

Of the 123 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 82% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 33% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 46 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 50% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 28% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

The nearest railway station is Stevenage Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Walkern Road (n-bound), 240 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 443 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Barclay Academy issued 294 suspensions, 29.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Barclay Academy are Letchmore Infants' and Nursery School (0.2 miles), Almond Hill Junior School (0.3 miles), Fairlands Primary School (0.5 miles) and Trotts Hill Primary and Nursery School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.