The Chauncy School, Ware

In 2026, pupils at The Chauncy School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 49.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

48% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 53% in Hertfordshire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 49.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.53: pupils made well 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 38.9, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Art and Design and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 248 families put The Chauncy School as their first choice and 670 named it as one of their preferences, for 225 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 29 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Chauncy School are Presdales School (1 mile, Outstanding, Attainment 8 58.7); Simon Balle All-Through School (1.8 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 52.9); Richard Hale School (2.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 54); and The Sele School (2.7 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 35.1).

The Chauncy School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The Chauncy School is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 216 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 31% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 105 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 45% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 16% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

15.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The nearest railway station is Ware Rail Station, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line.

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is The Chauncy School (outside), 150 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Chauncy School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, The Chauncy School issued 109 suspensions, 7.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Chauncy School are St Catherine's Church of England Primary School (0.2 miles), Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles), Kingshill Infant School (0.6 miles) and St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Junior School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.