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
1471 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
9.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.7%
Persistent absence
19.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 80.1%
Other White 7%
Mixed 5.8%
African 1.9%
Other Asian 1%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.7%
Pakistani 0.7%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%
Unclassified 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 48%
Local authority average 47%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.5
Local authority average 50.5
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.42
Local authority average 4.55
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)11
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE76
BiologyGCSE71
Business Studies:SingleGCSE118
ChemistryGCSE71
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE94
DanceGCSE1
English LanguageGCSE232
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Leventhorpe

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
227
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
269
2nd preference
186
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
403
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
187
2nd preference
33
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
90
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
242
125
117
Year 8
240
121
119
Year 9
241
119
122
Year 10
235
123
112
Year 11
237
114
123
Year 12
107
47
60
Year 13
169
75
94
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
91.3%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
30.4%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
58.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
1.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
52.0%
62.8%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
12.0%
23.6%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
8.0%
3.1%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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