Hitchin Girls' School
Highbury Road, Hitchin, SG4 9RS
1,357 pupils · 97% of 1,400 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- HITCHIN GIRLS' SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 8 October 2024, published 11 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 57.8 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 68.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 86.1% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 34.1% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.27 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 206 | 262 | 429 | 206 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 204 | 266 | 486 | 204 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 209 | 258 | 489 | 209 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 205 | 252 | 520 | 205 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 207 | 252 | 506 | 207 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 207 | 234 | 554 | 207 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 211 | 273 | 591 | 211 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 208 | 250 | 612 | 208 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hitchin Boys' School 0.7 km · Most areas: Exceptional (2025)
- The Priory School 1.9 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- The Highfield School 3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Fearnhill School 3.5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- The Saint John Henry Newman Catholic School 5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- The Thomas Alleyne Academy 5.6 km · Standards maintained (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.