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Lancaster Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 883Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 143857URN

Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6FU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.2per place
1.0 below Leicester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicester

190 applications for 156 places · 20th of 21 in Leicester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
32.1of 90
21st of 21 in Leicester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 27 February 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood

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
1.2applications per place, Year 7
1.0 below Leicester median (2.2) 1.0 below England median (2.2)

190 applications · 156 places offered · 88 named it first

  1. 2026 1.2; Leicester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.4; Leicester median median 2.1
  3. 2024 1.2; Leicester median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.0; Leicester median median 2.0
  5. 2022 1.5; Leicester median median 1.7
  6. 2021 1.6; Leicester median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.8; Leicester median median 1.9
  8. 2019 0.8; Leicester median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.1; Leicester median median 1.7
  10. 2017 0.9; Leicester median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.3; Leicester median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.0; Leicester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Leicester median in 0 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Leicester median

Dashed bars: as The Lancaster School (URN 120283), the previous school.

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 20261561901.2880.56
Sep 20251451971.4930.64
Sep 20241391721.2780.56
Sep 2023841662.0650.77
Sep 20221181821.5850.72
Sep 20211031621.6680.66
Sep 2020971781.8630.65
Sep 20191801460.8780.43
Sep 20181051151.1580.55
Sep 20171241140.9630.51
Sep 2016 *1401751.31060.76
Sep 2015 *2042071.01380.68
Sep 2014 *1602071.31170.73

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

209 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.121st of 21 in Leicester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths20%21st of 21 in Leicester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths32%
  • This school
  • Leicester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.65
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20932.120%32%–
2024/2521837.526%45%–
2023/2420036.629%46%−0.65
2022/2323233.024%38%−0.78

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
143857 · 856/4002
Trust
Learning Without Limits Academy Trust
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 883 on roll
Free school meals
42.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 April 2017
Replaced
The Lancaster School (URN 120283)
Address
Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6FU
Local authority
Leicester

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