Leventhorpe is a secondary academy in Sawbridgeworth, United Kingdom with 1,463 pupils, part of Rivers Multi Academy Trust. Ofsted: Good, inspected 16 April 2024. As of 7 November 2026 it is advertising 4 vacancies, including Assistant Headteacher (closes 23 November), Teacher of PE (closes 16 November) and Teacher of Business (closes 24 November). Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.
Head
Layla Price, Headteacher
Trust or group
Rivers Multi Academy Trust
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,463 pupils · 48% girls · 11.4% eligible for free school meals · 9.8% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
234 (16.0%) on SEN support · 52 (3.6%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Location
Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9BY, United Kingdom
Telephone
01279836633
Visa sponsorship
Its academy trust holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A), as Rivers Multi Academy Trust. Register of licensed sponsors, 5 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Salary L12 - L16 including Outer FringeCloses 23 Nov
Full time
We are seeking an exceptional and compassionate leader to join our Senior Leadership Team as Assistant Headteacher and play a pivotal role in shaping the next chapter of…
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and committed Teacher of Physical Education to join our successful PE faculty from Easter or September 2027; however, an earlier…
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, talented and committed Teacher of Business to join our highly successful Social Sciences department. The ability to teach Economics…
To enhance the PE department's provision to students and form an outstanding coaching environment, the department is looking for parent volunteers to help support the coaching of…
Exam results
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
47.1
46.6%
2024/25
49.6
47.0%
2023/24
48.9
47.4%
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
16 April 2024
Graded inspection
Good
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
91.0
16.1
–
0
£57,632
2024/25
90.1
16.3
11%
0
£55,437
2023/24
88.4
17.4
10%
0
£52,347
2022/23
88.5
16.7
19%
0
£42,574
2021/22
88.8
16.0
16%
0
£43,834
2020/21
81.4
16.8
7%
0
£41,186
Earlier years (2011/12 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
81.2
16.3
13%
0
£40,286
2018/19
82.1
15.5
20%
0
£39,491
2017/18
78.6
15.8
20%
0
£39,177
2016/17
77.5
15.5
12%
0
£39,566
2015/16
76.4
15.3
17%
0
£38,530
2014/15
73.5
15.9
23%
0
£38,694
2013/14
74.8
16.0
21%
0
£39,770
2012/13
72.7
16.4
13%
0
£37,578
2011/12
73.5
15.8
12%
0
£38,635
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
7.6%
1.9%
21.3%
2.4%
2024/25
7.6%
1.8%
19.4%
3.1%
2023/24
7.6%
1.8%
20.4%
2.4%
2022/23
7.8%
1.5%
22.7%
2.1%
2021/22
9.8%
1.2%
36.0%
1.7%
2020/21
3.0%
0.6%
6.1%
0.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.7%
0.3%
9.7%
0.7%
2017/18
5.0%
0.4%
11.5%
0.6%
2016/17
4.3%
0.3%
8.4%
0.4%
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
12 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 4 teaching, 8 support. Most often advertised: After School Cleaner (2), Catering Assistant (2), Behaviour Support Mentor. Last advertised September 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. Inspection: Ofsted. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.