De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138298
Address
Thorpe Hill, LE11 4SQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1340 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
47.9%
Girls
52.1%
First language not English
24.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.7%
Persistent absence
13.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.6%
Other White 10.4%
Indian 7.1%
Mixed 6.7%
African 6.4%
Other Asian 4.3%
Chinese 3.5%
Other 1.3%
Unclassified 1.3%
Bangladeshi 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 55.1
Local authority average 46.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.05
Local authority average 4.13
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award11
Health StudiesTechnical Award21
MultimediaTechnical Award19
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE17
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE28
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE25
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
216
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
217
2nd preference
159
3rd preference
74
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
212
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
96
113
Year 8
220
101
119
Year 9
219
110
109
Year 10
220
99
121
Year 11
218
97
121
Year 12
144
89
55
Year 13
110
50
60
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
84.3%
85.5%
Further education
40.0%
44.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
28.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
60.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
35.0%
16.9%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
3.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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