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Brandles School

Special schoolAges 11–16AcademyBoys

Baldock, SG7 6EY · Hertfordshire local authority

Baldock’s School Grade B− better than 47% of towns in England

How full
71 pupils
101% of its 70 places
Free school meals
63%
63 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Brandles School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 63% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SG7 6) sold for a median £355,000; Baldock’s is £355,000

Results

DfE · GCSEs 2025/26, provisional · 14 pupils

Each bar is a group of England’s 3,224 graded secondary schools. The schools Brandles beats are shaded green.

Attainment 8 5.5

Average grade across 8 GCSEs ×10 · higher than 0% of schools · Hertfordshire avg 50.8

20304050607080England avg 47.3Brandles 5.5

Grade 5+ in English and maths 0%

A strong pass · higher than 0% of schools · Hertfordshire avg 53%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 47.3%Brandles 0%

Attainment 8, three years

The mark is England’s average that year

2023/24
3.9
2024/25
2.6
2025/26
5.5

Progress 8, 2023/24

−1 behind0 = national+1 ahead

-2.46: below average. How pupils did at GCSE against pupils nationally with the same results at 11. Not published since 2023/24 (no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021).

Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%
England’s schools 66% · Hertfordshire 72% · a standard pass

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

70 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
1.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
98.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
0%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
70%England 26.2%
Its letter

No letter for Brandles School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, June 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Brandles School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SG7 6, the school’s postcode sector

Baldock property prices →
£355,000
median sale, 318 sales in 36 months · Baldock £355,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K2010201520202025SG7 6Baldock
SG7 6Baldock

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£535K
Semi-detached
£430K
Terraced
£345K
Flat
£200K
SG7 6Baldock

Homes in SG7 6 sell for about the same as Baldock’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

11 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNDA−DA−BB−DC+Brandles School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Baldock, SG7 6EY

Brandles School: common questions

What is Brandles School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2024).

How much do houses cost near Brandles School?

Homes in its postcode sector, SG7 6, sold for a median £355,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (318 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Baldock’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.