Monk's Walk School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.59 miles
In Priority Area, Nearest School · Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Monk's Walk School is a secondary school in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2015 to 2026 entry.
Monk's Walk 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 | 2.59 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 2.57 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 2.46 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 2.82 mi |
| Year 7 2022 | 2.56 mi |
| Year 7 2021 | 2.57 mi |
| Year 7 2020 | 2.63 mi |
| Year 7 2019 | 2.57 mi |
| Year 7 2018 | 2.57 mi |
| Year 7 2017 | 2.60 mi |
| Year 7 2016 | 2.57 mi |
| Year 7 2015 | 2.57 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Under one of its admission criteria, the last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 2.59 miles away, about the same as in 2025 and in 2015.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the average A level grade was B- (England B-).
- In 2026, Year 7 had 228 first-choice applications for 221 offers; 191 offers went to first-choice families, and 37 first-choice families (16%) were not offered a place.
- 17.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 30.3% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hertfordshire.
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
- Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,440 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending school.”
- “They learn in an environment where positive relationships help everyone flourish.”
- “Pupils work hard to achieve the high expectations their teachers have for them.”
To improve
- “However, these expectations, on occasion, are less consistent for written work.”
- “Pupils are not always expected to use the structures for written responses set out by the teacher that will support pupils to do this well.”
- “This means that, sometimes, pupils’ written responses are not precise enough to explain the depth of their thinking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.8 | 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: 228 first-preference applications, 221 offers in total, 191 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 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Stanborough School 2.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Onslow St Audrey's School 4.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School 4.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- The Sele School 4.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Barnwell School 5.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Katherine Warington School 5.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Sandringham School 5.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
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