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Leventhorpe

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth CM21 9BY · leventhorpe.net · 01279 836633

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Apr 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
49.6
average Attainment 8 score. Hertfordshire 50.6, England 46
Demand for places
0.9
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,463
93% of 1,580 places
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
12.6%
First language not English
9.8%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Rivers Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 220 families put the school first and 233 places were offered; 85% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 262 (Places 239)262September 2023: 238 (Places 235)238September 2024: 268 (Places 233)268September 2025: 269 (Places 227)269September 2026: 220 (Places 233)220Places 233
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262332200.985%
September 2025Sept 20252272691.2▲70%
September 2024Sept 20242332681.2▲77%
September 2023Sept 20232352381▲89%
September 2022Sept 20222392621.1▲83%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.6, and 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hertfordshire it was 50.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.5 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 52.9 (England 46.3)52.92017/18: 53.2 (England 46.5)53.22018/19: 51.3 (England 46.7)51.32021/22: 54.9 (England 48.8)54.92022/23: 50.8 (England 46.3)50.82023/24: 48.9 (England 45.9)48.92024/25: 49.6 (England 46.0)49.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲49.646.0
●47.0%45.4%
▲71.6%64.8%
▲47.9%40.5%
▲4.424.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form44.3−18
Sixth form college0.4−0.4
Further education42.6+12.5
Apprenticeship2.6+1.8
Employment3.9+2.2
Not in a lasting destination3.9+1.4
Activity not captured2.2+0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 32.9 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 28.5 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 29.7 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 27.9 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 33.4 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.5 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 29.8 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 31.5 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
168 studentsC (31.5)Below average -0.26
169 studentsC (31.6)Below average -0.25
71 studentsDist (35.3)Average -0.05
10.5%AAB or better
97.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24172C (29.8)-0.37
2022/23100C (28.5)—
2021/22114C+ (33.4)—
2018/19132C- (27.9)-0.45
2017/18163C (29.7)-0.21
2016/17168C (28.5)-0.10
2015/16127C+ (32.9)+0.03

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University52.2+7.2
Further and other education3.4+1.7
Further education2.8+2
Other education0.6−0.2
Apprenticeship7.2−7
Employment23.9−3.6
Not in a lasting destination8.3−0.9
Activity not captured5+2.5

Ofsted

Leventhorpe was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 April 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
16 Apr 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2012

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Nov 2006Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

What parents said

86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (219 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
86%
Replies
219
14% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school●89% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved●82% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●86% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●90% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●82% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly●77% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 75% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲56% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 34% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲72% agreeEngland 68%

based on 53 parents (24%) with SEND

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