Ashlyns School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,561 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.9
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Hailey Hall School
- Pupils on roll
- 81
- Free school meals
- 56.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 18
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hailey Hall School (URN 117673, until 1 September 2015).
What the data says
Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Hailey Hall School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 69% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 7.2 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Hertfordshire, with 6% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
15% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hertfordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Hailey Hall School | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 13 | 14,400 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 77% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 77% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 69% | 31% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Hailey Hall School | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 7.2 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 6% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 6% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.37 | 4.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 83% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 34.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 11 | 61% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 9% |
| English Language | 7 | 39% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 5 | 28% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| English Literature | 5 | 28% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 6% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 4 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hertfordshire
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
Barnwell School
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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Beaumont School
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Birchwood High School
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Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.