Hitchin Boys' School

Grammar School Walk, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, SG5 1JB

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About this school

Hitchin Boys' School is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire. The school has 1,357 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Outstanding (graded inspection, 22 September 2021). Last inspected 25 November 2025. The Headteacher is Timothy Bennett. The school is administered by Hertfordshire local authority. It belongs to HITCHIN BOYS' SCHOOL. The school has boys-only admissions. It opened in 1 January 2013.

School details

Headteacher

Timothy Bennett

Trust

HITCHIN BOYS' SCHOOL

Local authority

Hertfordshire

Gender

Boys

URN

139154

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Hitchin Boys' School are handled by the school or the local authority (Hertfordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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