Secondary
Freman College
Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, SG9 9BT
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1049 of 903 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.4
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- FREMAN COLLEGE
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 83.3
- Pupils per adult
- 12.0
- Pupils
- 996
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2024
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
53%
53.1
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 53.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.63 |
| Entered the EBacc | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.84 |
| A level students | 90 |
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 | 65% |
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 53% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 40.7 |
| 22/23 | 37.2 |
| 23/24 | 39.1 |
| 24/25 | 36.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.68 |
| 22/23 | +0.36 |
| 23/24 | +0.58 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56.6 |
| 22/23 | 50.4 |
| 23/24 | 53.6 |
| 24/25 | 53.1 |
Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, SG9 9BT
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
- Lisa Jones
- Address
- Bowling Green Lane, Buntingford, SG9 9BT
- Telephone
- 01763271818