Fearnhill School is a secondary school located in Letchworth. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 13/02/2019. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.2%, which is 3.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Icknield Way West, Letchworth, SG6 4BA
Website: http://www.fearnhill.herts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01462621200
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Elizabeth Ellis
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 117504

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 13/02/2019

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1055
Number of Pupils: 503
Number of Boys: 255
Number of Girls: 248

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 18.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.25 Confidence interval -0.58 to 0.08
Of the 64 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 58 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:30%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:98%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:27%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:36.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.15
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Icknield Infant and Nursery School
Archers Way , SG6 4UN 		3out of 4 586 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Wilbury Junior School
Bedford Road , SG6 4DU 		2out of 4 872 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
St Thomas More Roman Catholic Primary School
Highfield , SG6 3QB 		4out of 4 889 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Pixmore Junior School
Rushby Mead , SG6 1RS 		3out of 4 1,932 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Hillshott Infant School and Nursery
Ridge Avenue , SG6 1QE 		3out of 4 2,116 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Fearnhill School
Icknield Way West , SG6 4BA 		2out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
The Highfield School
Highfield , SG6 3QA 		3out of 4 999 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
The Priory School
Bedford Road , SG5 2UR 		3out of 4 3,151 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
North Herts Education Support Centre
Briar Patch Lane , SG6 3LY 		4out of 4 1,129 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Francis College
Broadway , SG6 3PJ 		- not rated 1,197 yd Other independent school Yes Girls More About School
St Christopher School
Barrington Road , SG6 3JZ 		- not rated 1,856 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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