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The Sele School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Welwyn Road, Hertford SG14 2DG · sele.herts.sch.uk · 01992 581455
On the mapSearch near SG14 2DG
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 35.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hertfordshire Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 382
- 55% of 699 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32.8%
- First language not English
- 15.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Sele School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Hertfordshire Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 45 families put the school first and 75 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 75 | 45 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 55 | 25 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 82 | 34 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 69 | 44 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 86 | 55 | 0.6 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 35.7, and 20.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.
In 2022/23 the average A level result was grade C (29.2 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼35.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼20.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼38.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼20.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.94 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 34.7 | +9 |
| Further education | 47.4 | −12.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3 | +2.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.4 | +5.5 |
| Activity not captured | 4.2 | −0.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
Applied general average grade
| 2023/24 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 students | Merit (24) | Well below average -0.72 |
| Earlier years: Applied general | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6 | Merit+ (29.5) | — |
| 2021/22 | 9 | Dist- (30.7) | — |
| 2018/19 | 16 | Merit- (22.5) | -0.76 |
| 2016/17 | 7 | — | -0.81 |
| 2015/16 | 6 | — | -0.21 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 16.7 | −61.1 |
| Further education | 8.3 | — |
| Apprenticeship | 25 | +13.9 |
| Employment | 41.7 | +30.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.3 | — |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Sele School on 7 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Sixth form | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good May 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Requires improvement
What parents said
73% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 73%
- Replies
- 60
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (32%) with SEND