Avanti Grange Secondary School

Free schoolsSecondaryAges 11–18MixedSixth form

Newland Avenue, Bishops Stortford, CM23 2BD

Headteacher · Mr Ben Martin

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Key facts

Pupils660Capacity 1,200

OfstedGraded inspectionInspected 7 May 2025

TrustAvanti Schools Trust

Free school meals10%

SEN provisionResourced provision

Inspection on 7 May 2025. Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Hertfordshire council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

134 of the 211 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered176

Applications807

First choice211

First-choice offers134

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).