Ashlyns School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,561 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.9
Academy special sponsor led
Brandles School
- Pupils on roll
- 71of 70 places
- Free school meals
- 63.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 11
- Ofsted
- Good, 4 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brandles School (URN 131060, until 31 December 2019).
What the data says
Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at Brandles School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 83% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.6 in Hertfordshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 8% 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 | Brandles School | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 12 | 14,400 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 58% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 83% | 31% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 1% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 8% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Brandles School | Hertfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.6 | 50.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 47% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.15 | 4.56 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 82% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 34.2 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 54.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 Language | 4 | 36% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 4 | 36% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Coaching | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Hertfordshire
Barclay Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,044 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
Barnwell School
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,270 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.5
Beaumont School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,722 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 62.6
Birchwood High School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,417 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
Bishop's Hatfield Girls' School
Academy converter · sixth form · 942 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 51.9
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.