Avanti Grange Secondary School
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–18 · Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.77 miles
Published by Hertfordshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2023–2026 (miles)
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.
Avanti Grange Secondary 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 | 1.77 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 3.63 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 32.64 mi |
| Year 7 2023 | 8.19 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 the last child offered a place lived 1.77 miles away, the 21st shortest of 44 Hertfordshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and 2023, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years; it swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 211 first-choice applications for 176 offers: 134 offers went to first-choice families, and 77 first-choice families were not offered a place.
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
- Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- 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.
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
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