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Hertfordshire County Council

School

Simon Balle All-through School

Mangrove Road
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG13 8AJ

Telephone: 01992 410400

Email: admin@simonballe.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Rachel Kirk and Mike Moss

School type: All Through Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 246

DFE number: 919-4067

Published Admission Numbers: 60 (Primary) ; 120 (Secondary)

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 1561

Free Childcare

2 year old funding: No

30 hours funding: No

Admission rules for a place to start in September 2025

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Simon Balle All-through School admission rules for 25-26

Admission rules if you want a place at the school to start now

This school is its own admitting authority.

Read Simon Balle All-through School admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years (All Through)
 20232024

Number of places available

60

60

Number of applications made

272

260

Number of places offered

60

60

What happened in the last 2 years (Secondary)
 20232024

Number of places available

120

120

Number of applications made

759

740

Number of places offered

120

132

Places offered under each rule in 2024 (Primary)
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

1

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

4

Medical/social

0

Children Of Staff

5

4.1 Sibling In Pa (rec)

23

4.2 Siblings Outside Pa, Nearest School

0

4.3 In Pa, Nearest School (rec)

5

4.4 In Pa, Distance (rec)

22

5.1 Sibling Outside Pa

0

5.2 Outside Pa, Nearest School

0

5.3 Outside Pa, Distance

0

Places offered under each rule in 2023 (Primary)
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health And Care (EHC) Plan

0

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

1

Medical/social

0

Children Of Staff

3

Siblings

24

In Priority Area, Nearest School

10

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

21

Outside Priority Area, Distance

0

Places offered under each rule in 2024 (Secondary)
Rules (in rule priority order)2024

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

4

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

3

Medical/social

0

Children Of Staff

4

4.1 Sibling In Pa (sec)

46

4.2 Siblings Outside Pa, Nearest School

0

4.3 In Pa, Nearest School (sec)

56

4.4 In Pa, Distance (sec)

18

5.1 Sibling Outside Pa

1

5.2 Outside Pa, Nearest School

0

5.3 Outside Pa, Distance

0

Places offered under each rule in 2023 (Secondary)
Rules (in rule priority order)2023

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

6

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

2

Medical/social

1

Children Of Staff

0

Siblings

63

In Priority Area, Nearest School

48

In Priority Area, Not Nearest School

0

Outside Priority Area, Distance

0

multiple birth

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2023 (in metres) (All Through)
Rule2023

In priority area, nearest

646.37

In priority area, distance

1108.88

Distance of the furthest child admitted in 2023 (in metres) (Secondary)
Rule2023

In priority area, nearest

1721.86

In priority area, distance

None

Outside priority area

None

Please view the Allocation Summary Report(s) for further information about distance allocations.

Use our 'Find Your Nearest School' system to identify the "nearest" school to your child's home address, in accordance with Hertfordshire County Council's admission arrangements.

Priority area for Simon Balle All-through School

Secondary only:

Bayford, Bengeo Rural, Bramfield, Brickendon Liberty, Gt Amwell, Hertford, Hertford Heath, Hertingfordbury, Hunsdon, Little Berkhamsted, Little Munden, Sacombe, Stanstead St Margarets, Stapleford, Tewin, Thundridge, Ware, Wareside, Watton-at-Stone and Widford.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

No vacancies exist at this school at present.

Updated: 28 October 2024

Vacancy information is only relevant to in year applications.

Schools aim to update their vacancy information every 2 weeks.

Treat this information as a guide only – the situation can change on a daily basis.

Performance and Ofsted

Performance table for Simon Balle All-through School.

Ofsted report and rating for Simon Balle All-through School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Amy Johnson

In Year Admissions Officer: Ellie Clark

Local Authority Attendance Officer: Louiza Demetriou

District Schools Effectiveness Advisor: Keith Gould

Key Link Advisor: David Kilgallon

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