Stanborough School
Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR
1,287 pupils · 91% of 1,419 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- STANBOROUGH SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.7%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 18 January 2023, published 6 March 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.9 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 52.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 69.4% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 78.8% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.08 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 234 | 252 | 740 | 234 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 234 | 247 | 756 | 234 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 227 | 265 | 748 | 227 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 230 | 194 | 609 | 230 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 230 | 154 | 523 | 206 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 221 | 169 | 551 | 212 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 202 | 120 | 507 | 180 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 238 | 156 | 677 | 228 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ridgeway Academy 3.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Monk's Walk School 3.3 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Onslow St Audrey's School 3.4 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School 3.5 km · Outstanding — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Sandringham School 6.5 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Beaumont School 6.7 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.