Graded inspection · Oct 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicester
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry638 applications · 250 places offered · 278 named it first
- 2026 2.6; Leicester median median 2.2
- 2025 2.8; Leicester median median 2.1
- 2024 2.7; Leicester median median 2.1
- 2023 2.6; Leicester median median 2.0
- 2022 2.1; Leicester median median 1.7
- 2021 1.7; Leicester median median 1.7
- 2020 1.3; Leicester median median 1.9
- This school
- Leicester 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 250 | 638 | 2.6 | 278 | 1.11 |
| Sep 2025 | 250 | 694 | 2.8 | 316 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2024 | 250 | 668 | 2.7 | 354 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2023 | 250 | 649 | 2.6 | 339 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2022 | 240 | 494 | 2.1 | 263 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2021 | 256 | 422 | 1.7 | 210 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2020 | 247 | 324 | 1.3 | 143 | 0.58 |
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.) | 235 | 46.3 | 46% | 66% | – |
| 2024/25 | 246 | 48.0 | 55% | 70% | – |
| 2023/24 | 240 | 47.0 | 50% | 70% | +0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Castle Mead AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.6applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · LeicesterOutstanding20242.8applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LeicesterRemains Good20231.6applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LeicesterGood20231.4applications per place 39.0Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LeicesterRemains Good20232.4applications per place 55.4Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LeicesterGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 50.3Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LeicesterRemains Good20231.3applications per place 38.0Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LeicesterGood20231.3applications per place 36.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LeicesterGood20223.8applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147068 · 856/4009
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,223 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 2 September 2019
- Address
- Richard III Road, Leicester, LE3 5QT
- Local authority
- Leicester
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources