Haberdashers' Boys' School
Other independent school · Boys · Hertfordshire
Butterfly Lane, WD6 3AF
58
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
1,429
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
1,520 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 4–18
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Robert Sykes
- Address
- Butterfly Lane, Elstree, WD6 3AF
- Phone
- 02082661700
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Aldenham West · Hertsmere
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117648
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
1,429 pupils · 1,520 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 | 40.6 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.61 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 50.69 | — | — |
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 | 41 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 156 | — |
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 | 51.54 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 68.1% | 17% |
| A-level students | 157 | — |
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+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 156 | 90% | 99% | 99% | |
| English Literature | 156 | 79% | 98% | 99% | |
| Geography | 125 | 93% | 99% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 52 | 94% | 98% | 100% | |
| Physical Education | 43 | 81% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 36 | 89% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 21 | 86% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 19 | 95% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 16 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 50% | 94% | 100% | |
| Russian | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Classical Greek | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 131 | 52% | 77% | 90% | |
| Economics | 79 | 39% | 76% | 97% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 54 | 54% | 93% | 100% | |
| Physics | 53 | 38% | 74% | 87% | |
| Chemistry | 38 | 24% | 66% | 92% | |
| Biology | 23 | 43% | 65% | 87% | |
| Logic / Philosophy | 22 | 23% | 82% | 95% | |
| History | 20 | 40% | 85% | 100% | |
| Psychology | 9 | 56% | 100% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 78% | 89% | 100% | |
| German | 8 | 38% | 63% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 8 | 50% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #42 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11111: Haberdashers' Boys' School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 49 |
| Offers | 12 |
| Success rate | 24% |
| Accepted offers | 10 |
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.