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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 5 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 11 February 2014Graded inspection: Good · as North Leamington School, URN 125748
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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 entry713 applications · 228 places offered · 247 named it first
- 2026 3.1; Warwickshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.8; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2024 3.1; Warwickshire median median 2.4
- 2023 2.8; Warwickshire median median 2.5
- 2022 2.2; Warwickshire median median 2.1
- 2021 2.6; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2020 2.3; Warwickshire median median 2.0
- 2019 2.1; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.2; Warwickshire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.9
- 2016 2.0; Warwickshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Warwickshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Warwickshire median
Dashed bars: as North Leamington School (URN 125748), the previous school.
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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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 228 | 713 | 3.1 | 247 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 230 | 651 | 2.8 | 297 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2024 | 221 | 685 | 3.1 | 278 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2023 | 242 | 687 | 2.8 | 277 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2022 | 234 | 521 | 2.2 | 257 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 235 | 606 | 2.6 | 258 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2020 | 236 | 533 | 2.3 | 273 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2019 | 269 | 562 | 2.1 | 330 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2018 | 241 | 523 | 2.2 | 264 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 238 | 469 | 2.0 | 269 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 * | 238 | 473 | 2.0 | 243 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2015 * | 236 | 417 | 1.8 | 204 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2014 * | 237 | 399 | 1.7 | 204 | 0.86 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 238 | 56.9 | 67% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 235 | 57.4 | 68% | 80% | – |
| 2023/24 | 264 | 53.6 | 62% | 78% | +0.47 |
| 2022/23 | 231 | 57.1 | 62% | 80% | +0.65 |
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
- North Leamington SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20253.1applications per place 56.9Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · WarwickshireRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 37.1Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20232.1applications per place 41.8Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · WarwickshireRemains Good20233.1applications per place 50.5Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · WarwickshireOutstanding20232.8applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Warwickshire20262.9applications per place
- 6.6 km · WarwickshireGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 42.4Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · CoventryGood20242.1applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 8.1 km · CoventryGraded · no overall grade20252.2applications per place 50.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 142202 · 937/4237
- Trust
- Elm Tree Multi Academy Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,500 pupils · 1,482 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2016
- Replaced
- North Leamington School (URN 125748)
- Address
- Sandy Lane, Blackdown, Leamington Spa, CV32 6RD
- Local authority
- Warwickshire · Warwick
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources