Hayesfield Girls School

Hayesfield Girls School is performing well overall, continuing to be recognized as a good school since its last inspection in March 2017. The school's environment fosters high aspirations, where students engage actively in their learning and extracurricular activities, demonstrating pride in their school. Leaders have designed a well-sequenced and ambitious curriculum that supports students' knowledge accumulation and application.

Strengths

• High aspirations and expectations for all students.
• Strong engagement in extracurricular activities with approximately 90 clubs.
• Effective support for literacy and reading among pupils.
• Broad range of subjects and excellent opportunities for career guidance.
• Strong staff development and training programs.
• Proactive safeguarding measures in place.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent understanding of the revised curriculum from Year 7 to Year 13.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hayesfield Girls School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 18.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.9% of pupils at Hayesfield Girls School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hayesfield Girls School had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.2% of pupils at Hayesfield Girls School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Hayesfield Girls School received £7,800 and spent £7,578 for each of its 1,529 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,832,000 (£1,198 per pupil).

Across all 41 schools of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, income was £8,730 and spending £8,608 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bath · Bath and North East Somerset local authority: places and applications

Hayesfield Girls School is part of Midsomer Norton Schools Partnership, which runs 43 schools. The nearest others:

• Beechen Cliff School Bath
• St Mark's CofE School Bath
• St Julian's Church School Bath
• Peasedown St John Primary School Bath
• Shoscombe Church School Bath
• St Mary's CofE Primary School Bath
• Trinity Church School Bath
• Writhlington School Radstock
• Somerset Studio School Radstock
• Hemington Primary School Radstock

What is Hayesfield Girls School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hayesfield Girls School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Hayesfield Girls School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hayesfield Girls School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Hayesfield Girls School have?

Hayesfield Girls School has 1,497 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hayesfield Girls School cover?

Hayesfield Girls School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Hayesfield Girls School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 59.9, and 67% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Hayesfield Girls School?

Hayesfield Girls School is at Upper Oldfield Park, Bath, Somerset, BA2 3LA.