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De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,376Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Roman CatholicReligious character
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138298URN

Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.6 above Leicestershire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

603 applications for 211 places · 9th of 43 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
57.5of 90
3rd of 43 in Leicestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 31 August 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
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. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 3 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 15 September 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
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Leicestershire median (2.3) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

603 applications · 211 places offered · 262 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 2.9; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.2; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.4; Leicestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.9; Leicestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.4; 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 20262116032.92621.24
Sep 20252164822.22171.00
Sep 20242034842.41810.89
Sep 20232043951.91880.92
Sep 20222193761.72070.95
Sep 20212173781.71980.91
Sep 20202203861.82070.94
Sep 20192204231.92261.03
Sep 20182193791.72391.09
Sep 20172173401.62040.94
Sep 20162153401.62080.97
Sep 20152193081.41990.91
Sep 20142153021.42050.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

220 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)57.53rd of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths66%5th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)22057.566%85%–
2024/2522055.160%76%–
2023/2421854.163%76%+0.58
2022/2321756.367%80%+0.74

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
138298 · 855/4601
Trust
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Capacity
1,308 pupils · 1,376 on roll
Free school meals
16.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2012
Replaced
De Lisle Catholic School Loughborough Leicestershire (URN 120304)
Address
Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

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