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The City of Leicester College

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,499Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 148878URN

Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN · 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
2.1per place
close to Leicester median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicester

511 applications for 245 places · 13th of 21 in Leicester
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
48.3of 90
12th of 21 in Leicester
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 24 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceStrong 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 · 6 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard

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
2.1applications per place, Year 7
close to Leicester median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

511 applications · 245 places offered · 187 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Leicester median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.1; Leicester median median 2.1
  3. 2024 2.1; Leicester median median 2.1
  4. 2023 2.1; Leicester median median 2.0; as the previous school
  5. 2022 2.1; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  6. 2021 2.2; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  7. 2020 2.5; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 2.0; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.4; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.4; Leicester median median 2.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.6; Leicester median median 2.1; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.2; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Leicester median

Dashed bars: as The City of Leicester College (URN 120297), 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 20262455112.11870.76
Sep 20252445102.11860.76
Sep 20242475202.12180.88
Sep 2023 *2465262.11790.73
Sep 2022 *2625472.12050.78
Sep 2021 *2705852.22150.80
Sep 2020 *2776812.52460.89
Sep 2019 *3076162.02510.82
Sep 2018 *2965952.02480.84
Sep 2017 *2475852.42130.86
Sep 2016 *2646452.42030.77
Sep 2015 *2436272.62130.88
Sep 2014 *2305052.21780.77

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

254 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)48.312th of 21 in Leicester
Grade 5 or above in English and maths50%10th of 21 in Leicester
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Leicester median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.29
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)25448.350%67%–
2024/2527049.152%73%–
2023/2429648.751%69%+0.29
2022/23 *29349.051%72%+0.31

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
148878 · 856/4273
Trust
Aspire Learning Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,614 pupils · 1,499 on roll
Free school meals
36.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
SEN unit
Opened
1 June 2023
Replaced
The City of Leicester College (URN 120297)
Address
Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
Local authority
Leicester

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