Yavneh College

Academy converter·Secondary school Borehamwood, Hertfordshire·WD6 1HL
Composite score
77.0
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#216
National rank
#23
In East of England
#12
In Hertfordshire
Top 7%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
61.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
75%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
90%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
5.34

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
96%
145 first choices, 175 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
359
any preference, for 175 places
Applications from another council area
40%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.19
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9920221.0820231.0120241.0220250.832026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Yavneh College yet. Hertfordshire does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,042
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
6.5%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
2.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
12.9%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,945
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
99%
152 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
95%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Yavneh College

Yavneh College is a secondary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Jewish religious character. Around 1,042 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 61.6, well above the national average of 46. Results have held broadly steady on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 7% of secondary schools in England.

75% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 90% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 96% of the families who made Yavneh College their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 99% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.1%. There are about 18.0 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 6% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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