Avanti Grange Secondary School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Avanti Grange Secondary School is a secondary school in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire for ages 11–18 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 7 May 2025. Hertfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
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Key facts
- Address
- Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hertfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 660 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 7 May 2025
Strengths
- “This school is an exceptionally positive community.”
- “Pupils value each other, staff and the high-quality education they receive.”
- “Pupils live the ‘Avanti way’ by being compassionate, articulate and respectful ‘changemakers’.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 211 first-preference applications, 176 offers in total, 134 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Last distance offered and catchment
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- Last distance offered for Year 7 2023 to 2026, as Hertfordshire published it, drawn on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier years of exam results
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hertfordshire.
- St Mary's Catholic School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Hockerill Anglo-European College 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College 1.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Birchwood High School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Bishop's Stortford High School 2.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Leventhorpe 4.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Freman College 8.9 mi School remains Good
- Presdales School 9.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published