Elstree Screen Arts Academy

University technical college·Secondary school Borehamwood, Hertfordshire·WD6 5NN
Composite score
48.9
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#2,636
National rank
#294
In East of England
#67
In Hertfordshire
Top 83%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
39.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
32%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
0%
EBacc average points score
2.68

Ofsted judgements

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

School profile

Age range
14–19
Pupils on roll
498
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
12.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
43.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,345
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
94%
86 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Elstree Screen Arts Academy at a glance

Located in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, Elstree Screen Arts Academy is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a university technical college. The school educates roughly 498 pupils aged 14 to 19. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 39.1, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.5 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.

32% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 12.8%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. Elstree Screen Arts 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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