# Hitchin Girls' School

Hitchin 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.

Secondary school. Code E137288. [North Hertfordshire](https://openindex.co.uk/north-hertfordshire)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 1,357
- Council: North Hertfordshire
- URN: 137288

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded 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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Highbury Infant School and Nursery](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highbury-infant-school-and-nursery-e117113): 310 m. Primary. School remains Good, November 2022
- [St Andrew's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Hitchin](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school-hitchin-e117467): 420 m. Primary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [William Ransom Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/william-ransom-primary-school-e117314): 710 m. Primary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hitchin Boys' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hitchin-boys-school-e139154): 720 m. Secondary. Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 56.8 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Whitehill Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitehill-junior-school-e117253): 760 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2023. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [York Road Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/york-road-nursery-school-e117071): 980 m. Nursery. School remains Outstanding, July 2023

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/137288)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/137288)

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