New College Leicester

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 28 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicester
Unique reference
131945
Address
Glenfield Road, LE3 6DN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1012 (95% of total capacity)
Boys
50.7%
Girls
49.3%
First language not English
27%
Free school meals (FSM)
50.5%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.9%
Other White 11.2%
African 9.2%
Mixed 8.6%
Indian 4.9%
Other Asian 2.6%
Pakistani 1.4%
Caribbean 1.3%
Other Black 1.2%
Other 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.14
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 15%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.3
Local authority average 45.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.48
Local authority average 3.96
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award51
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award16
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE35
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE50
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

New College Leicester

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
200
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
42
3rd preference
47
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
3
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
207
110
97
Year 8
206
102
104
Year 9
206
96
110
Year 10
207
103
104
Year 11
181
102
79
Year 12
5
0
5
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
86.1%
85.6%
Further education
37.0%
26.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
9.0%
18.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
30.0%
40.9%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
14.0%
8.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.5%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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