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# Hitchin Boys' School

Hitchin Boys' School is a secondary academy in Hitchin, United Kingdom with 1,364 pupils, part of Hitchin Boys' School. Ofsted: Report card, 25 November 2025: exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Senior IT Technician (closes 23 November).

- **Head:** Timothy Bennett, Headteacher
- **Trust or group:** Hitchin Boys' School
- **Type:** Academy, Secondary
- **Pupils:** 1,364 pupils · 0% girls · 7.6% eligible for free school meals · 10.9% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 243 (17.8%) on SEN support · 39 (2.9%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Hertfordshire
- **Location:** Hitchin, SG5 1JB, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01462432181
- **Website:** [hitchinboys.co.uk](http://www.hitchinboys.co.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 139154 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/139154))
- **Ofsted:** Report card, 25 November 2025: exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met

## Vacancies (1)

- [Senior IT Technician](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1j14nr0gtgx-senior-it-technician) · Salary £33,119 to £35,570 a year · Closes 23 Nov · Part time · IT and technicians · SENIOR IT TECHNICIAN37 Hours per week, Mon-Fri, Term Time (38 weeks) + 7 days Grade: H7 points 19-23 (FTE £33,119 - £35,570 pa)Actual Salary £28,646 - £30,766 Hitchin Boys’ School…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 56.8 | 65.2% |
| 2024/25 | 57.1 | 66.7% |
| 2023/24 | 56.3 | 64.9% |

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 (25 November 2025)

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

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 25 November 2025 | Report card | Exceptional in 4 areas, strong standard in 3; safeguarding met |
| 21 September 2021 | Ungraded inspection | School remains Outstanding |

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 | 85.8 | 15.9 | – | 0 | £53,456 |
| 2024/25 | 86.3 | 15.7 | 14% | 0 | £50,493 |
| 2023/24 | 85.3 | 15.4 | 10% | 0 | £46,873 |
| 2022/23 | 83.2 | 15.7 | 22% | 0 | £43,922 |
| 2021/22 | 79.0 | 16.3 | 15% | 0 | £41,403 |
| 2020/21 | 73.8 | 16.6 | 12% | 0 | £40,334 |

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 | 4.5% | 0.5% | 10.2% | 0.7% |
| 2024/25 | 4.4% | 0.5% | 9.8% | 0.7% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 0.4% | 12.4% | 0.3% |
| 2022/23 | 6.0% | 0.5% | 14.3% | 0.8% |
| 2021/22 | 6.4% | 0.6% | 17.4% | 1.0% |
| 2020/21 | 3.2% | 0.3% | 6.6% | 0.5% |

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

5 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 support. Most often advertised: Finance Assistant (2), Science Technician (2), Sports Coach and PE Assistant. Last advertised September 2026.

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## Sources

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