Robert Barclay Academy, Hoddesdon

In 2026, pupils at Robert Barclay Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 45.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

41% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is up from 44.2 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.11: 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 34.8, against 48.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.7 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 21 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 127 families put Robert Barclay Academy as their first choice and 399 named it as one of their preferences, for 145 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 10 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Robert Barclay Academy are The Broxbourne School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.5); The John Warner School (1.6 miles, Attainment 8 40.1); Haileybury Turnford (3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.2); and Presdales School (3.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 58.7).

Robert Barclay Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Robert Barclay Academy is one of 13 schools run by Scholars' Education Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 112 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 54% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 42 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 26% went on to university or other higher education, 10% to apprenticeships and 36% into work.

8.5% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (72%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 120 pupils (14.6%) received SEN support and 60 (7.3%) 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 Broxbourne Rail Station, about 970 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lowewood Museum (near), 310 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Robert Barclay Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Robert Barclay Academy issued 84 suspensions, 10.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Robert Barclay Academy are Sheredes Primary School (0.2 miles), St Cross Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), St Augustine's Catholic Primary School (0.5 miles) and St Catherine's Hoddesdon CofE Primary School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.