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.
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
Year
Attainment 8
Grade 5+ Eng. & maths
2025/26 provisional
54.0
60.8%
2024/25
56.3
65.7%
2023/24
53.8
66.3%
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
Date
Inspection
Outcome
3 December 2019
Ungraded inspection
School 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
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
73.1
16.5
–
0
£55,388
2024/25
72.1
16.8
7%
0
£52,937
2023/24
69.7
17.5
12%
0
£50,476
2022/23
72.4
17.0
14%
0
£46,547
2021/22
71.2
16.9
11%
0
£44,503
2020/21
72.3
16.4
8%
0
£42,431
Earlier years (2013/14 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
70.3
16.6
6%
0
£42,122
2018/19
67.5
16.6
16%
0
£41,815
2017/18
65.6
17.2
12%
0
£42,877
2016/17
69.2
16.4
12%
0
£41,700
2015/16
71.8
15.2
20%
0
£40,906
2014/15
73.2
15.3
19%
0
£40,366
2013/14
74.2
15.2
10%
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
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
5.1%
0.9%
11.1%
0.4%
2024/25
5.5%
0.8%
11.4%
1.3%
2023/24
6.5%
0.9%
16.5%
1.0%
2022/23
6.3%
0.8%
14.9%
1.0%
2021/22
7.3%
0.7%
21.6%
0.8%
2020/21
3.3%
0.6%
5.7%
0.4%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
4.9%
0.6%
7.8%
1.1%
2017/18
5.5%
0.3%
13.1%
0.5%
2016/17
4.7%
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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