Graded inspection · Apr 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Hertfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry659 applications · 233 places offered · 220 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2025 3.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2024 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2023 3.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2022 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2021 3.8; Hertfordshire median median 3.0
- 2020 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.1
- 2019 3.7; Hertfordshire median median 3.2
- 2018 3.6; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2017 3.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2016 4.1; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- 2015 4.2; Hertfordshire median median 3.3
- 2014 4.3; Hertfordshire median median 3.4
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 233 | 659 | 2.8 | 220 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2025 | 227 | 756 | 3.3 | 269 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2024 | 233 | 740 | 3.2 | 268 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 736 | 3.1 | 238 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2022 | 239 | 863 | 3.6 | 262 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 235 | 882 | 3.8 | 267 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2020 | 237 | 864 | 3.7 | 286 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2019 | 235 | 866 | 3.7 | 244 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2018 | 237 | 850 | 3.6 | 271 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2017 | 239 | 773 | 3.2 | 233 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2016 | 176 | 717 | 4.1 | 168 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 177 | 735 | 4.2 | 229 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2014 | 179 | 774 | 4.3 | 230 | 1.28 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 234 | 47.1 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2024/25 | 236 | 49.6 | 47% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 230 | 48.9 | 47% | 74% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 237 | 50.8 | 51% | 77% | 0.00 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- LeventhorpeThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.8applications per place 47.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · HertfordshireRemains Outstanding20233.3applications per place 58.8Attainment 8
- 4.8 km · EssexGraded · no overall grade20252.3applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · HertfordshireOutstanding20232.9applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.7applications per place 56.8Attainment 8
- 5.7 km · EssexGood20232.3applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 5.8 km · HertfordshireGood202211.5applications per place 62.3Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 6.7 km · EssexGood202329.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137156 · 919/5416
- Trust
- Rivers Multi Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,580 pupils · 1,463 on roll
- Free school meals
- 12.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- The Leventhorpe School (URN 117588)
- Address
- Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources