Goffs Academy, Waltham Cross

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are a mixed 11-18 comprehensive Academy with approximately 1,600 students on roll, including a thriving and successful Sixth Form. We have exceptionally high expectations of every student and place a high value on academic rigour."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include Duke of Edinburgh and cadets.

Coming up: an open evening on Thursday 26 November 2026 at 5.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

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

54% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 49.1 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.22: 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 42.9, against 52.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 29 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and History.

For September 2026 entry, 267 families put Goffs Academy as their first choice and 695 named it as one of their preferences, for 229 places offered. That is 1.2 first choices for every place. 65 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Goffs Academy are Goffs - Churchgate Academy (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.2); St Mary's Church of England High School (VA) (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 42.8); Haileybury Turnford (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2); and The Lea Valley Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 34.4).

Goffs Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Goffs Academy is one of 4 schools run by Generations Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 31% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 174 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 52% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 21% into work. 10% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

In 2026, 166 pupils (10.5%) received SEN support and 30 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

The nearest railway station is Theobalds Grove Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Goffs School (outside), 50 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 212 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Hertfordshire (138), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Goffs Academy issued 204 suspensions, 12.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Goffs Academy are Bonneygrove Primary School (0.3 miles), Oakview Primary School (0.3 miles), Dewhurst St Mary CofE Primary School (0.4 miles) and Fairfields Primary School and Nursery (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.