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# Barnwell School

Barnwell School is a state-maintained secondary school in Stevenage, United Kingdom with 1,270 pupils. Ofsted: Report card, 6 January 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2; safeguarding met. As of 8 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Child in Care & Kinship Support Officer- Maternity Cover Fixed Term (closes 4 December). It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.

- **Head:** Maria Townsend, Headteacher
- **Type:** State-maintained, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,270 pupils · 50% girls · 30.3% eligible for free school meals · 15.8% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 217 (17.1%) on SEN support · 70 (5.5%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Hertfordshire
- **Location:** Stevenage, SG2 9SW, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01438222500
- **Visa sponsorship:** Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A). — Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
- **Website:** [barnwellschool.co.uk](http://www.barnwellschool.co.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 117518 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/117518))
- **Ofsted:** Report card, 6 January 2026: strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2; safeguarding met — Last graded Good (graded 24 November 2021)

## Vacancies (1)

- [Child in Care & Kinship Support Officer- Maternity Cover Fixed Term](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1rtkl5gtwcf-child-in-care-kinship-support-officer-maternity-cover-fixed) · Closes 4 Dec · Full time · Administration and business · 37 Hours per week, term time only Monday to Thursday 8am - 4pm, Friday 8am - 3.30pmH6 - £30,515 per annum (actual pro rata £26.100 approx.)Working closely with students, families…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 38.7 | 33.1% |
| 2024/25 | 41.5 | 37.4% |
| 2023/24 | 39.6 | 33.2% |

Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.

## Inspections

Report card (6 January 2026)

- **Inclusion:** Strong standard
- **Curriculum and teaching:** Expected standard
- **Achievement:** Needs attention
- **Attendance and behaviour:** Needs attention
- **Personal development and well-being:** Expected standard
- **Post-16:** Expected standard
- **Leadership and governance:** Expected standard
- **Safeguarding:** Met

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 6 January 2026 | Report card | Strong standard in 1 area, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2; safeguarding met |
| 24 November 2021 | Graded inspection | Good |
| 23 February 2021 | Monitoring visit | Leaders and those responsible for governance are taking effective action to provide education in the current circumstances |
| 18 January 2018 | Graded inspection | Requires improvement |

Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 87.2 | 14.6 | – | 0 | £49,934 |
| 2024/25 | 90.6 | 14.5 | 13% | 1 | £46,165 |
| 2023/24 | 79.0 | 16.7 | 12% | 0 | £43,156 |
| 2022/23 | 78.2 | 15.7 | 20% | 0 | £42,429 |
| 2021/22 | 72.2 | 15.9 | 15% | 0 | £42,827 |
| 2020/21 | 73.8 | 14.3 | 15% | 0 | £42,760 |

Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 11.5% | 6.5% | 31.9% | 7.5% |
| 2024/25 | 10.4% | 5.3% | 26.9% | 4.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 3.9% | 30.7% | 5.2% |
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 3.6% | 28.3% | 4.4% |
| 2021/22 | 8.1% | 2.6% | 22.2% | 1.9% |
| 2020/21 | 4.6% | 1.5% | 12.4% | 0.9% |

Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).

## Hiring history

9 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Teaching Assistant Visually Impaired Support (2), Cover Supervisor, Examinations Invigilators. Last advertised October 2026.

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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