Secondary
Monk's Walk School
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1440 of 1430 places
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MONK'S WALK SCHOOL
Ofsted
Last inspected September 2023
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
52%
50.8
1st of 3 by our score, among the secondary schools in Welwyn Garden City we can score - 4 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.8 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.57 |
| Entered the EBacc | 41% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| A level average points per entry | 38.25 |
| A level students | 134 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 61% |
| 22/23 | 60% |
| 23/24 | 53% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 42.0 |
| 22/23 | 36.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.5 |
| 24/25 | 38.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.46 |
| 22/23 | +0.59 |
| 23/24 | +0.24 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.7 |
| 22/23 | 54.2 |
| 23/24 | 50.4 |
| 24/25 | 50.8 |
Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Hertfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Matt Grinyer
- Address
- Knightsfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7NL
- Telephone
- 01707322846