Ashlyns School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,561 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.9
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Goffs - Churchgate Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 582of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 117
- Ofsted
- Report card, 16 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Cheshunt School (URN 117596, until 1 December 2017).
What the data says
Goffs - Churchgate Academy has no sixth form. Of the 116 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 2% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Photography is unusually popular at GCSE: 37% of the year group took it, against 6% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Hertfordshire, with 33% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hertfordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Goffs - Churchgate Academy | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 116 | 14,400 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 43% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 2% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 31% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Goffs - Churchgate Academy | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.6 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 66% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.76 | 4.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.7 | 34.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.4 | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 16% | 16% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 116 | 99% | 86% | 15% | 21% | 74% |
| English Language | 116 | 99% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 115 | 98% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 44% |
| Mathematics | 115 | 98% | 88% | 10% | 22% | 63% |
| History | 64 | 55% | 41% | 23% | 26% | 64% |
| Geography | 48 | 41% | 41% | 4% | 25% | 27% |
| Photography | 43 | 37% | 6% | 19% | 19% | 58% |
| French | 40 | 34% | 18% | 5% | 29% | 38% |
| German | 32 | 27% | 5% | 16% | 33% | 63% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 15% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 88% |
| Textiles | 12 | 10% | 2% | 8% | 27% | 58% |
| Turkish | 7 | 6% | 0% | 86% | 71% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 5 | 4% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chemistry | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Sociology | 1 | 1% | 4% | — | 21% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Biology | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
| Physics | 1 | 1% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 48 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 27 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 27 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 25 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hertfordshire
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Beaumont School
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Birchwood High School
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Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.