The Thomas Alleyne Academy, Stevenage

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to the Thomas Alleyne Academy. It is my great privilege to welcome you to our friendly and successful school. Our motto, ‘Achieving excellence through personal growth,’ reflects our belief that every student can succeed by growing and developing their unique skills and abilities. The Thomas Alleyne Academy has a long and proud history originally founded in 1558."

In 2026, pupils at The Thomas Alleyne Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.9, 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 down from 48 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.04: pupils made about 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 30.9, against 47.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Biology.

For September 2026 entry, 167 families put The Thomas Alleyne Academy as their first choice and 500 named it as one of their preferences, for 165 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 17 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Thomas Alleyne Academy are Barclay Academy (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48); The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.7); Marriotts School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.8); and The Nobel School (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 49).

The Thomas Alleyne Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

The Thomas Alleyne Academy is one of 21 schools run by Chiltern Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.5 in 2024/25.

199 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Thomas Alleyne Academy (as of September 2025): 88% would recommend the school, 86% say their child is happy there and 58% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child does well at the school (89%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (58%).

Of the 172 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 49% to a further education college and 1% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 56% went on to university or other higher education, 9% to apprenticeships and 26% into work. 13% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.6% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (71%), Mixed (9%) and Asian (7%).

The nearest railway station is Stevenage Rail Station, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Franklin's Road (opposite), 120 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 411 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, The Thomas Alleyne Academy issued 176 suspensions, 17.8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 3 permanent exclusions.

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