Stanborough School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.32 miles
In Priority Area, Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Stanborough School is a secondary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 January 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Stanborough School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.32 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 1.35 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 1.34 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 1.67 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 1.34 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 1.67 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 1.31 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 1.30 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 1.37 mi |
| Year 7 2017 | 1.30 mi |
| Year 7 2016 | 1.34 mi |
| Year 7 2015 | 1.33 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 for children in the priority area lived 1.32 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and 2015.
- Between some of the years since 2015, the Year 7 last distance swung sharply.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 252 first-choice applications for 234 offers; 194 offers went to first-choice families, and 58 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 53% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.9 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hertfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Lemsford Lane, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6YR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,287 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 January 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve well at Stanborough.”
- “Leaders have created a culture where the school’s value of ‘success for all’ is what pupils experience in most subjects.”
- “Pupils, including those with special educational needs/and or disabilities (SEND), are prepared well for their next steps.”
To improve
- “On occasions, a small number take the opportunity to behave less well when staff are not around.”
- “In a small minority of subjects, pupils do not learn as well, because the curriculum taught does not connect and build pupils’ knowledge as well.”
- “However, a small number of pupils do not make the right behaviour choices on the rare occasions they are unsupervised.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 March 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 53% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 252 first-preference applications, 234 offers in total, 194 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- Ridgeway Academy 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Monk's Walk School 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Onslow St Audrey's School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School 2.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Sandringham School 4.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beaumont School 4.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School 4.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chancellor's School 4.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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