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Charnwood College

  • 11–18Ages
  • 664Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 141874URN

Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.2per place
0.9 above Leicestershire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

457 applications for 142 places · 5th of 43 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2016
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.6of 90
15th of 43 in Leicestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionGood

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
3.2applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Leicestershire median (2.3) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

457 applications · 142 places offered · 108 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 3.2; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 3.2; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.7; Leicestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.6; Leicestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 11 of 11 years.
  • 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 20261424573.21080.76
Sep 20251183733.21241.05
Sep 20241343612.71220.91
Sep 20231112862.61241.12
Sep 2022941741.9790.84
Sep 2021871581.8660.76
Sep 2020711311.9550.77
Sep 2019591322.2550.93
Sep 2018851471.7620.73
Sep 2017731231.7690.95
Sep 2016631211.9570.90

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

108 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.615th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%15th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)10848.650%67%–
2024/258643.934%65%–
2023/246343.837%60%+0.19
2022/238242.638%59%−0.15

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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
141874 · 855/4021
Trust
The David Ross Education Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,442 pupils · 664 on roll
Free school meals
23.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2015
Address
Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

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