All-through
Simon Balle All-Through School
Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8AJ
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1617 of 1037 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- THE LAUREL EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 144.2
- Pupils per adult
- 10.8
- Pupils
- 1,561
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 April 2024
Outstanding
Still graded as at
Outstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
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
64%
55.4
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 110 |
| Average reading score | 110 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 84% |
| Working at a higher standard | 33% |
| Attainment 8 | 55.4 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.99 |
| Entered the EBacc | 49% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 84% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.82 |
| A level students | 89 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 85% |
| 23/24 | 75% |
| 24/25 | 84% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 63% |
| 22/23 | 53% |
| 23/24 | 60% |
| 24/25 | 64% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.5 |
| 22/23 | 35.8 |
| 23/24 | 40.0 |
| 24/25 | 38.8 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 109.0 |
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.27 |
| 22/23 | +0.03 |
| 23/24 | +0.45 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 108.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 110.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.5 |
| 22/23 | 48.6 |
| 23/24 | 52.9 |
| 24/25 | 55.4 |
Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8AJ
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 15 January, 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
- Rachel Kirk and Mike Moss
- Address
- Mangrove Road, Hertford, SG13 8AJ
- Telephone
- 01992410400