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Limehurst Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 656Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137367URN

Bridge Street, Loughborough, LE11 1NH · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.7 above Leicestershire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

361 applications for 121 places · 6th of 43 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.4of 90
24th of 43 in Leicestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 10 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 6 April 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.0applications per place, Year 7
0.7 above Leicestershire median (2.3) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

361 applications · 121 places offered · 137 named it first

  1. 2026 3.0; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.7; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.4; Leicestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.1; Leicestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.4
  • This school
  • Leicestershire 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261213613.01371.13
Sep 20251163092.71161.00
Sep 20241272992.41641.29
Sep 20231242602.11271.02
Sep 20221222412.01491.22
Sep 20211202492.11641.37
Sep 20201242792.31811.46
Sep 20191242291.91401.13
Sep 20181182061.81261.07
Sep 20171141751.51070.94
Sep 20161161821.61110.96
Sep 20151202101.81421.18
Sep 20141202161.81581.32

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

133 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.424th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths47%20th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.28
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)13346.447%61%–
2024/2512948.254%68%–
2023/2412248.552%69%+0.28
2022/2312549.958%72%+0.25

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137367 · 855/4014
Trust
East Midlands Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
600 pupils · 656 on roll
Free school meals
39.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Limehurst High School (URN 120243)
Address
Bridge Street, Loughborough, LE11 1NH
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources