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Richard Hale School

Richard Hale School is a secondary academy in Hertford, United Kingdom with 1,207 pupils, part of Richard Hale School. Ofsted: Good, inspected 9 July 2024. As of 12 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Exam Invigilator. It holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas.

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.

Head
Ian Hawkins, Headteacher
Trust or group
Richard Hale School
Type
Academy, Secondary
Pupils
1,207 pupils · 5% girls · 8.0% eligible for free school meals · 4.4% with English as an additional language
DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
134 (11.1%) on SEN support · 27 (2.2%) with an education, health and care plan
DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Local authority
Hertfordshire
Location
Hertford, SG13 8EN, United Kingdom
Telephone
01992583441
Visa sponsorship
Holds a Home Office licence to sponsor Skilled Worker visas (rated A).
Register of licensed sponsors, 11 November 2026. A licence means the employer can sponsor; each advert says whether a post does.
Website
richardhale.herts.sch.uk
Register number
URN 139873 (register entry)
Ofsted
Good, inspected 9 July 2024

Vacancies (1)

Exam Invigilator

Salary £12.50 an hour

Casual contract, not applicableAdministration and business

Richard Hale School is looking for reliable, flexible and confident Exam Invigilators to support our students during the busy examination periods. No previous experience is…

Exam results

YearAttainment 8Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional54.060.8%
2024/2556.365.7%
2023/2453.866.3%

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

DateInspectionOutcome
3 December 2019Ungraded inspectionSchool remains 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

YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2025/2673.116.5–0£55,388
2024/2572.116.87%0£52,937
2023/2469.717.512%0£50,476
2022/2372.417.014%0£46,547
2021/2271.216.911%0£44,503
2020/2172.316.48%0£42,431
Earlier years (2013/14 to 2019/20)
YearTeachersPupils per teacherLeaversVacanciesAverage pay
2019/2070.316.66%0£42,122
2018/1967.516.616%0£41,815
2017/1865.617.212%0£42,877
2016/1769.216.412%0£41,700
2015/1671.815.220%0£40,906
2014/1573.215.319%0£40,366
2013/1474.215.210%0£38,866

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

YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2025/265.1%0.9%11.1%0.4%
2024/255.5%0.8%11.4%1.3%
2023/246.5%0.9%16.5%1.0%
2022/236.3%0.8%14.9%1.0%
2021/227.3%0.7%21.6%0.8%
2020/213.3%0.6%5.7%0.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
YearSessions missedUnauthorisedPersistently absentSeverely absent
2018/194.9%0.6%7.8%1.1%
2017/185.5%0.3%13.1%0.5%
2016/174.7%0.2%8.9%0.2%

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

13 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 4 teaching, 9 support. Most often advertised: Higher Level Teaching Assistant (2), Teaching Assistant (2), 6th Form Study Support Officer & Enrichment Coordinator. Last advertised October 2026.

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Sources

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.

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