The Broxbourne School

Partially selective

National rank

256=

347=

Rank last year

64.3%

A-level

A-level

A*-B

28.9%

GCSE

GCSE

A*/A/9/8/7

Need to know

Head teacher

Peter Clift

Gender of entry

Mixed

Total pupils

1,358

Head teacher

Peter Clift

Gender of entry

Mixed

Total pupils

1,358

Head teacher

Peter Clift

Gender of entry

Mixed

Total pupils

1,358

Progress 8

AVERAGE

Pupils on free school meals

11.0%

Progress 8

AVERAGE

Pupils on free school meals

11.0%

Our methodology
Results

A-level 2024 rank: 206

Grade

%

A*

12.3

A

20.5

B

31.6

A*/A

32.7

A*-B

64.3

GCSE 2024 rank: 326=

Grade

%

A*/9/8

14.7

A/7

14.1

A*/A/9/8/7

28.9

What the school inspection says

Date of report
2024
Verdict *
Outstanding
“The school is a highly purposeful and happy place to be. Pupils interact very pleasantly with one another around the school. At lunch, some pupils share conversation using their tablets, some play football and others sit out on the grass chatting. Pupils treat each other with the highest levels of respect and tolerance … Pupils produce exceptional work and attain extremely well because they benefit from highly skilled and expert teaching. They develop a complex and deep understanding of the subjects they learn … Pupils benefit from a wealth of wider opportunities that promote personal development. These include choirs, exchange visits, regular sporting fixtures and competitions and school productions. Pupils with special education needs and/or disabilities (Send) and disadvantaged pupils access all these opportunities equally.”
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*From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A consultation on the new report cards will take place in 2025.

About the school

  • It also provides bespoke support for pupils applying to popular apprenticeship programmes, such as those with Deloitte and HM Treasury. 
  • Co-curricular offerings include the arts, musical groups (such as a jazz band and a steel pans group) and a great number of sporting clubs and activities that take place in state-of-the-art facilities. The school has a long record of academic and sporting success, and several of its teams make it to regional finals.
  • It has received the Artsmark Gold Award from Arts Council England on four occasions.
  • There is a supportive pastoral structure of heads of year and form tutors and a comprehensive programme of personal, social, health and economic education. 
  • At Key Stage 4 some pupils can take vocational options such as OCR sport science and the BTec Tech Award in enterprise. The school is one of the first in the country to offer a T-level in management and administration in the sixth form. It has proved a highly popular course, with students enjoying extended work placements with blue-chip companies.
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