Overall Oxbridge
#1,612
3 ranked schools · -698 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
31
Offers
3
Offer rate9.7%
-12.7 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
Dating from at least the seventh century, Hitchin stands in the valley of the River Hiz at the north-eastern edge of the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire. Around 35,000 people live in the town today.
Hitchin Town Centre, built around the medieval parish church of St Mary and the former priory of 1317, is among the most sought-after areas for school catchments, with Highbury drawing families competing for primary places nearby. Lavender cultivation once defined the fields around the town, and the economic character shifted further when the Great Northern Railway opened Hitchin station in 1850, from which trains reach London King's Cross in around thirty-five minutes. Highover and Benslow form the quieter residential edges.
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Area Performance
Across 29 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.84/10, +0.44 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
Distribution across all Hitchin schools
Hitchin vs England distribution
National Rank
Across all ranked Hitchin schools
top 48% of 14,978
top 48% of 14,978
top 27% of 3,862
top 27% of 3,862
top 25% of 2,555
top 25% of 2,555
Overall Oxbridge
3 ranked schools · -698 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,984
Applications
31
Offers
3
Oxford
3 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,198
Applications
11
Offers
0
Cambridge
3 ranked schools · -865 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,881
Applications
20
Offers
3
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