The Leventhorpe School Explained

Leventhorpe School, A Business and Enterprise Academy
Coordinates:51.8207°N 0.1491°W
Motto:"Excellence, Commitment, Respect"
Established:1965
Type:Academy[1]
Head Label:Headteacher
Head:Malcolm White
Address:Cambridge Road
City:Sawbridgeworth
County:Hertfordshire
Country:England
Postcode:CM21 9BY
Ofsted:yes
Urn:137156
Enrolment:1,202 pupils
Gender:Mixed
Lower Age:11
Upper Age:19
Houses:Rivers, Fawbert, Barnard, Lawrence, Newsom, Cutforth, Wilkins, Moore
Website:http://www.leventhorpe.net/

Leventhorpe School is a mixed, 11-19 secondary school and sixth form in the town of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.[1] The school became an academy in August 2011, and is part of the Rivers Multi-Academy Trust.[1] [2]

As of 2018, the school's last inspection was in 2012 when it was judged Outstanding in each of the five categories.[3]

In 2017, the school's Progress 8 score at GCSE was -0.08, in line with the England average, and the Attainment 8 score was 53 points, above the England and Hertfordshire averages.[1] In 2018, GCSE results "exceed[ed] national targets".[4]

The average grade at A level in 2018 was C, just below the England and Hertfordshire averages of C+. Absence and persistent absence were better than the England average for 2016/17.[1]

Notable former pupils

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leventhorpe . Find and compare schools in England . GOV.UK . 14 October 2018.
  2. Web site: Norris . Frank . Academy conversion and predecessor schools . Ofsted . 14 October 2018 . 14 February 2012.
  3. Web site: Passant . Roderick . The Leventhorpe School: Inspection report . Ofsted . 14 October 2018 . 2012.
  4. News: Corr . Sinead . Pupils at Sawbridgeworth’s Leventhorpe school rise to the challenge of GCSE exams . 14 October 2018 . Bishop’s Stortford Independent . 23 August 2018.