The Sele School

Academy converter·Secondary school Hertfordshire·SG14 2DG
Composite score
44.6
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#2,948
National rank
#335
In East of England
#71
In Hertfordshire
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
35.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
20%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
38%
% EBacc grade 5+
3%
EBacc average points score
2.94

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 75 places
First choices per place
0.60
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
168
any preference, for 75 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6420220.6420230.4120240.4620250.602026

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

Every child who put The Sele School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
396
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
6.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
36.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,063
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
93%
75 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Sele School is a secondary school serving Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 396 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 35.7, well below the national average of 46. That is down 5.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

20% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 38% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Sele School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 45 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.9%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. The Sele School 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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