Goffs Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire·EN7 5QW
Composite score
61.4
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#1,037
National rank
#111
In East of England
#41
In Hertfordshire
Top 33%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
49.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
48%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
25%
EBacc average points score
4.47

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
267 first choices, 229 places
First choices per place
1.17
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
695
any preference, for 229 places
Applications from another council area
8%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4020221.3720231.2120241.2420251.172026

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

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Goffs Academy 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
1,606
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
21.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
16.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.0
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,836
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
95%
235 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
89%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

Goffs Academy at a glance

Located in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, Goffs Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,606 pupils aged 11 to 18. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 49.1, 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 in the top 33% of secondary schools nationally.

48% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 70% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 76% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (267 first choices for 229 places). After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 19.0 pupils per teacher. Goffs Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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