Haberdashers' Girls' School
Other independent school · Girls · Hertfordshire
Aldenham Road, Borehamwood, WD6 3BT
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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
1,118
Capacity used
Nearly full94%
1,190 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
- Girls
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Hazel Bagworth-Mann
- Address
- Aldenham Road, Elstree, Borehamwood, WD6 3BT
- Phone
- 02082662300
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Aldenham West · Hertsmere
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 117649
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
1,118 pupils · 1,190 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 | 40.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 0% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 1.52 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 50.88 | — | — |
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 | 39.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 0% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 0% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.39 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 124 | — |
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 | 50.94 | 35 |
| Average grade | A | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 63.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 103 | — |
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 Literature | 123 | 80% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 119 | 92% | 99% | 100% | |
| History | 63 | 95% | 98% | 100% | |
| Geography | 46 | 91% | 100% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 42 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Computer Science | 40 | 93% | 100% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 32 | 81% | 100% | 100% | |
| Classical Civilisation | 31 | 90% | 100% | 100% | |
| Latin | 25 | 92% | 100% | 100% | |
| Music | 20 | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Drama | 18 | 94% | 100% | 100% | |
| Design & Technology | 18 | 89% | 100% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 67 | 46% | 79% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 35 | 34% | 83% | 97% | |
| Biology | 29 | 38% | 83% | 97% | |
| Physics | 24 | 21% | 54% | 88% | |
| Psychology | 24 | 29% | 63% | 92% | |
| Economics | 23 | 57% | 83% | 100% | |
| History | 22 | 32% | 82% | 100% | |
| Mathematics (Further) | 12 | 75% | 100% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 11 | 27% | 82% | 100% | |
| English Literature | 11 | 45% | 91% | 91% | |
| Government and Politics | 11 | 36% | 55% | 91% | |
| French | 7 | 57% | 86% | 100% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #72 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 12154: Haberdashers' Girls' School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 22 |
| Offers | 8 |
| Success rate | 36% |
| Accepted offers | 7 |
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.