Hitchin Girls' School
Secondary schoolHitchin Girls' School is a secondary school in North Hertfordshire, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,357 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 October 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Hitchin Girls' School was 61.8, against 49.0 in North Hertfordshire and 46.2 in England.
74.5% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | North Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 61.8 | 49.0 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 74.5% | 49.8% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 88.9% | 67.3% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 208 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Highbury Infant School and NurseryPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022310 m
- St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HitchinPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- William Ransom Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Hitchin Boys' SchoolSecondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 56.8 (2025/26, provisional)720 m
- Whitehill Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)760 m
- York Road Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, July 2023980 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in North Hertfordshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).