Secondary
The Priory School
Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1221 of 1300 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Ofsted
Last inspected October 2022
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
49%
48.5
3rd of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Hitchin we can score - 4 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 33% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 49% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.52 |
| A level students | 122 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43% |
| 22/23 | 44% |
| 23/24 | 44% |
| 24/25 | 49% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.1 |
| 22/23 | 36.0 |
| 23/24 | 32.5 |
| 24/25 | 36.5 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 0.00 |
| 22/23 | -0.07 |
| 23/24 | -0.05 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 49.1 |
| 22/23 | 48.1 |
| 23/24 | 46.5 |
| 24/25 | 48.5 |
Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matt Blayney
- Address
- Bedford Road, Hitchin, SG5 2UR
- Telephone
- 01462622300