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The City of Leicester College

URN 148878·Secondary·Academy converter·Aspire Learning Partnership·Compare

Flags

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Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Nov 2019Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£7,322.32

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

75.7%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

14.0%

of income

In-year balance

+2.8%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Quality of education, Behaviour & attitudes, Leadership & management.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

26 November 2019 · Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 2

Quality of education

Requires improvement

Behaviour & attitudes

Requires improvement

Personal development

Good

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Progress 8ⓘMeasures how much progress pupils make between KS2 and KS4, compared to pupils with similar starting points. 0 is average; positive means above average.—
Attainment 8ⓘAverage score across 8 GCSE-equivalent subjects. Higher is better. National average is around 46.49.1
Basics 9–4 (Eng & Maths)ⓘPercentage of pupils achieving grade 4 or above in both English and maths GCSEs.73.3%
Basics 9–5 (Eng & Maths)52.2%
EBacc entryⓘPercentage of pupils entered for the English Baccalaureate: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.7.8%

2024/25 · KS4

School demographics

Pupils on roll

1,569

Capacity

1,614 (97%)

Free school meals

34.7%

English additional lang.

47.0%

Ethnicity

White British 5.2%Asian 72.7%Black 4.0%Mixed 10.5%Chinese 0.1%Other 4.0%

Age range: 11–19

Workforce

FTE teachersⓘFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

98.6

Pupil:teacher ratioⓘNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

15.9

Mean salary

£48,820

Turnover

—

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

—

Attendance

Overall absence

7.5%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absenceⓘPupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

19.9%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

5.0%

Unauthorised absence

2.5%

2024/25 · 1,364 pupils

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