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Hertfordshire County Council

School

The Highfield School

Highfield
Letchworth Garden City
Hertfordshire
SG6 3QA

Telephone: 01462 620500

Email: admin@highfield.herts.sch.uk

Head teacher: Lucy Miles

School type: Secondary Mixed

School category: Academy

School number: 13

DFE number: 919-4122

Published Admission Number: 180

(how many children this school is admitting)

Number of children on roll: 998

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 The Highfield 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 The Highfield School admission rules for 24-25

How were school places allocated in previous years?

What happened in the last 2 years
 20232024

Number of places available

180

180

Number of applications made

532

537

Number of places offered

180

180

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

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

8

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

0

Medical/social

0

Siblings

60

Nearest School

46

In Priority Area, Distance

58

Outside Priority Area, Distance

8

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

Education, Health & Care (EHC) Plan

4

Children Looked After Or Previously Looked After

1

Medical/social

0

Siblings

58

Nearest School

51

In Priority Area, Distance

66

Outside Priority Area, Distance

0

Distance of the furthest child admitted

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 The Highfield School

Parishes in the priority area for this school is Letchworth.

Vacancies (for in year applications)

Yes - there are vacancies in Year 7

Updated: 14 December 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 The Highfield School.

Ofsted report and rating for The Highfield School.

School officers

Admissions Officer: Jacqueline Harvey

In Year Admissions Officer: Inna Lypnytska

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