Leventhorpe School A GSG School
- Leventhorpe School
Cambridge Road
Sawbridgeworth
Hertfordshire
CM21 9BY - Head: Malcolm White
- T 01279 836633
- F 01279 600339
- E [email protected]
- W www.leventhorpe.net/
- A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 19.
- Read about the best schools in Hertfordshire
- Boarding: No
- Local authority: Hertfordshire
- Pupils: 1,478 ; sixth formers: 237
- Religion: Non-denominational
- Open days: Check website for information
- Review: View The Good Schools Guide Review
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Ofsted:
- Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
- 16-19 study programmes Good 1
- Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
- Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
- Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 1
- Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
- 1 Full inspection 16th April 2024
- Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 12th January 2012
- Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report
What The Good Schools Guide says..
The wow factor really hits you when you step into the learning resource centre and library (2013) – an airy, double height space, flooded with light and punctuated by bright colours, beanbags, plus a beautiful mezzanine study area for exclusive use by years 12 and 13 (complete with yet more IT). School has a friendly, stress free vibe and pupils we met were a delightful combination of articulate, inquisitive and quietly confident. Because of musical aptitude entrance criteria, there’s a fair bit of talent knocking about too...
What the school says...
Leventhorpe is an exciting place in which to learn and a caring environment where every student is both challenged academically and carefully supported. Staff, parents and students work together to create a community based on secure, shared values of Excellence, Commitment and Respect. This is at the heart of everything we do here and informs all aspects of the school, from the individual curriculum that enables all students to achieve the highest possible academic standards, to the outstanding pastoral system that ensures that the needs of each student are met fully.
The school's Ofsted inspection (Jan 2012) rated it as outstanding in every area as well as outstanding overall. 2012 saw the school becoming a National Support School and Mr Locke becoming a National Leader of Education. ...Read more
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What The Good Schools Guide says
Head
Since September 2018, Malcolm White, previously deputy head. A Leventhorpe teacher for over 18 years by the time of his appointment, he led the business studies department and then the social sciences faculty for more than seven years before being appointed assistant and then deputy head.
Entrance
Priority given to pupils attending one of eight feeder schools in surrounding villages and their siblings. School has filled from these in recent years. Eighteen places held back in each year group for applicants not at these feeders showing exceptional musical aptitude, with test taken in consortium with two other local secondaries.
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Overall school performance (for comparison or review only)
Results by exam and subject
Subject results
Entry/Exit
Special Education Needs
A small department within a highly academic school endeavours to ensure that appropriate provision is made to meet the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs. The school provides a differentiated curriculum which meets the needs of all pupils and ensures access to the National Curriculum. Only in exceptional circumstances will it be necessary for a pupil to be disapplied from a part of the National Curriculum. 10-09
| Condition | Provision for in school |
|---|---|
| ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder | Y |
| HI - Hearing Impairment | |
| MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty | |
| MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment | |
| OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability | |
| PD - Physical Disability | |
| PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty | |
| SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health | |
| SLCN - Speech, Language and Communication | |
| SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty | |
| SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty | Y |
| VI - Visual Impairment |
Interpreting catchment maps
The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.
Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.
For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained
Further reading
If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.
Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.
Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.
*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.
The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.
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