Knightsfield School is an academy in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom with 65 pupils, part of Knightsfield School. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Lunchtime Supervisor (closes 16 November) and Cleaner (closes 25 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 2 live vacancies.
Head
Linda Farenden, Headteacher
Trust or group
Knightsfield School
Type
Academy
Pupils
65 pupils · 46% girls · 21.5% eligible for free school meals · 27.7% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 65 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Salary £2,986 allowance (the pay scale is in the advert)Closes 16 Nov
Part timeLunchtime and wraparound care
You would be working as part of a wider team of lunchtime supervisors, and duties will include: Supervision and care of pupils in designated areas during lunchtime; Distribution…
We are looking for a Cleaner to work 2 hours a day term-time only, either before or after school hours [ either 2 hours before 8.30am, or 2 hours in the late…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2025/26 provisional
18.1
9.1%
–
–
2024/25
17.7
10.0%
0%
0%
2023/24
14.7
0.0%
–
–
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
5 November 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
12 December 2018
Short inspection
Remained Outstanding
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
11.7
5.6
–
0
£57,931
2024/25
11.1
6.6
9%
0
£55,625
2023/24
12.3
5.1
28%
0
£48,434
2022/23
12.1
5.4
8%
0
£47,990
2021/22
11.3
5.0
4%
0
£46,498
2020/21
10.3
4.6
2%
0
£41,212
Earlier years (2012/13 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
9.8
4.7
7%
0
£41,769
2018/19
9.6
4.6
9%
0
£40,181
2017/18
9.9
3.7
32%
0
£41,794
2016/17
7.0
5.6
35%
0
£45,584
2015/16
8.3
4.7
12%
0
£44,604
2014/15
9.1
4.0
22%
0
£42,444
2013/14
11.3
3.6
34%
0
£45,636
2012/13
10.9
3.4
0%
0
£45,143
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
7.9%
2.0%
16.9%
1.7%
2024/25
8.3%
0.8%
23.5%
1.5%
2023/24
5.8%
0.3%
17.2%
0.0%
2022/23
7.6%
1.1%
22.4%
3.5%
2021/22
5.8%
0.9%
8.7%
0.0%
2020/21
4.9%
0.0%
19.5%
0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
10.3%
0.4%
23.7%
5.3%
2017/18
7.4%
0.2%
32.3%
0.0%
2016/17
6.3%
0.2%
23.3%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Hiring history
1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 support. Most often advertised: Teaching Assistant. Last advertised October 2026.
Counted from the job services and school websites EduAtlas reads; a school may also advertise elsewhere.
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.