Simon Balle All-Through School
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
Simon Balle All-Through School is an all-through school covering ages 4–18, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
School profile
- Age range
- 4–18
- Pupils on roll
- 1,561
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“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.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
About Simon Balle All-Through School
Simon Balle All-Through School is an all-through school in Hertfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,561 pupils aged 4 to 18 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 55.4, above the national average of 46. On our composite score, Simon Balle All-Through School ranks among the top 2% of primary schools in England for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks among the top 14% of secondary schools in England.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 33% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 64% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. Competition for places is real here - 72% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (83 first choices for 60 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.65 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Simon Balle All-Through 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.