LeventhorpeThe Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Leventhorpe and The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College are secondary schools.

  • Leventhorpe scores 59 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College scores 77 out of 100 (grade B, strong). The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College is ahead on our composite score.

  • Leventhorpe was judged Good and The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College was judged Outstanding.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 49.6 for Leventhorpe and 63.6 for The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Leventhorpe (54.9 in 2021-22, 49.6 in 2024-25) and has fallen at The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College (65.9 in 2021-22, 63.6 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Leventhorpe versus The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SawbridgeworthLeventhorpeBishop's StortfordThe Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science CollegeEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC59/100B77/100Stronger figure
Local ranking48th of 81 in Hertfordshire 13th of 81 in Hertfordshire Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: OutstandingStronger figure
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Girls
Pupils on roll1,471 1,450
Capacity1,580 1,360
LocationSawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY Bishop's Stortford, CM23 5NJ
GCSE results
Attainment 849.6 63.6 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths47.0% 75.7% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths71.6% 93.5% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc47.9% 61.1% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.42 5.83 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort236 185
A-level results
A-level entries168 243
A-level average points31.4 41.0 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC B
Best 3 A-levels points31.4 40.7 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects10.5% 22.9% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,471 1,450
Free school meals (ever 6)13.5% 5.6%
English as an additional language9.4% 15.1%
SEN support12.7% 7.1%
SEN with an EHC plan2.4% 1.1%
Attendance
Overall absence8.2% 7.5% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence20.9% Stronger figure27.3% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Leventhorpe

The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College

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