Monk's Walk School is a secondary school located in Welwyn Garden City. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 04/06/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Website: http://www.monkswalk.herts.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01707322846
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Hertfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Kate Smith
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 138632

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 04/06/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1341
Number of Pupils: 1343
Number of Boys: 704
Number of Girls: 639

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.4% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.09 Confidence interval -0.08 to 0.26
Of the 219 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 215 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:43%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:47%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:52.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.67
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Tenterfield Nursery School
London Road , AL6 9JF 		4out of 4 828 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Homerswood Primary and Nursery School
Kirklands , AL8 7RF 		3out of 4 685 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Welwyn St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
15 London Road , AL6 9DJ 		4out of 4 898 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School
Harwood Close , AL8 7AG 		3out of 4 1,015 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Templewood Primary School
Pentley Park , AL8 7SD 		4out of 4 1,216 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John's CofE Primary School
Hertford Road , Digswell AL6 0BX 		3out of 4 1,681 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield , AL8 7NL 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Ridgeway Academy
Herns Lane , AL7 2AF 		2out of 4 3,241 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Knightsfield School
Knightsfield , AL8 7LW 		4out of 4 313 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Sherrardswood School
Lockleys , AL6 0BJ 		- not rated 1,100 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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