Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School

Bishop’s Hatfield Girls’ School continues to showcase outstanding performance, maintaining a reputation for excellence in both academic and pastoral care. The school fosters an inclusive community where bullying is rare and effectively managed, promoting exemplary behavior among pupils. An ambitious and engaging curriculum is complemented by strong support from staff, ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), thrive academically and personally. Students participate actively in their learning and are well-prepared for their futures, embodying the school's values of kindness, ambition, and teamwork.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and a strong sense of pride in their community.
• The curriculum is ambitious and effectively supports all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Teachers are subject experts who deliver high-quality lessons with minimal disruption.
• There is a strong reading culture promoted across the school.
• Pupils benefit from extensive extracurricular activities and leadership opportunities.

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 Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.9% 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 Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.5% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.4% 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 Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School received £7,566 and spent £7,401 for each of its 942 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,857,000 (£1,971 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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What is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School have?

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School has 942 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School cover?

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.5, and 60% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School?

Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School is at Woods Avenue, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 8NL.