Merchant Taylors' School
Other independent school · Boys · Hertfordshire
Sandy Lodge, Northwood, HA6 2HT
61
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,051
Capacity used
Has space89%
1,175 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Sam Baldock
- Address
- Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Northwood, HA6 2HT
- Phone
- 01923820644
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Moor Park & Eastbury · South West Hertfordshire
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117616
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
1,051 pupils · 1,175 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 42.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.27 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 49.62 | — | — |
Average grade: A (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 21.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.22 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 171 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 48.58 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 52.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 156 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | 111 | 91% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 84 | 90% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 63 | 87% | 97% | 98% | |
| Latin | 31 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 28 | 71% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 28 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 21 | 76% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 94% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 15 | 67% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Greek | 13 | 92% | 100% | 100% | |
| Italian | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Russian | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 111 | 44% | 75% | 88% | |
| Economics | 60 | 27% | 63% | 87% | |
| Chemistry | 48 | 31% | 77% | 90% | |
| History | 30 | 10% | 60% | 93% | |
| Biology | 28 | 18% | 82% | 93% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 26 | 54% | 88% | 100% | |
| Government and Politics | 22 | 32% | 59% | 86% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 19 | 16% | 63% | 95% | |
| Geography | 18 | 17% | 67% | 83% | |
| French | 16 | 19% | 44% | 75% | |
| Computer Science | 14 | 29% | 86% | 93% | |
| Psychology | 13 | 8% | 23% | 77% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12251: Merchant Taylors' School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 28 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.