The Highfield School, Letchworth Garden City

In 2026, pupils at The Highfield School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Hertfordshire and 47 across England.

39% 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 41.7.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 26, against 48 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 22 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 121 families put The Highfield School as their first choice and 388 named it as one of their preferences, for 130 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Highfield School are Fearnhill School (0.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); The Priory School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.5); Hitchin Girls' School (1.9 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.8); and Hitchin Boys' School (2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 56.8).

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

The Highfield School is one of 13 schools run by Scholars' Education Trust, an academy trust.

11 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Highfield School (as of September 2025): 18% would recommend the school, 55% say their child is happy there and 14% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (55%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (9%).

Of the 167 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 44% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 62 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 48% went on to university or other higher education, 7% to apprenticeships and 27% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (70%), Mixed (11%) and Asian (6%).

In 2026, 222 pupils (23.7%) received SEN support and 48 (5.1%) 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 Letchworth Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Highfield School (near), 170 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Highfield 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 Highfield School issued 297 suspensions, 30.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Highfield School are St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Icknield Infant and Nursery School (0.8 miles), Highover Primary School (0.9 miles) and Wilbury Junior School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.