Leventhorpe

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 16 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Unique reference
137156
Address
Cambridge Road, CM21 9BY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1541 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
50.1%
Girls
49.9%
First language not English
8.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
8.7%
Persistent absence
20.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
11.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.5%
Other White 6.7%
Mixed 5.4%
African 1.4%
Other Asian 1.1%
Other Black 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.19
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 47%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.8
Local authority average 51
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.55
Local authority average 4.56
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award24
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)22
Art & DesignGCSE59
BiologyGCSE80
Business Studies:SingleGCSE122
ChemistryGCSE80
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE67
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE235
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Leventhorpe

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
233
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
268
2nd preference
158
3rd preference
154
From another Local Authority
410
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
206
2nd preference
21
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
107
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
240
122
118
Year 8
240
117
123
Year 9
237
127
110
Year 10
239
116
123
Year 11
231
112
119
Year 12
175
80
95
Year 13
179
98
81
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
92.3%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
27.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
58.0%
61.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
1.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.0%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.5%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
65.0%
68.4%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
25.8%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
22.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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