Sir Jonathan North Girls' College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
Outstanding
Jan 14 2025 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicester
Unique reference
146108
Address
Knighton Lane East, LE2 6FU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1149 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
33.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
29%
Persistent absence
18.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 26.2%
Indian 18.9%
Pakistani 11.9%
Mixed 9.5%
African 6.9%
Other White 6.6%
Other Asian 6.6%
Other 3.7%
Bangladeshi 3.2%
Unclassified 2.6%
Other Black 1.9%
Caribbean 1.1%
Chinese 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 40%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 54%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 45.4
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.08
Local authority average 4.02
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE6
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE54
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE57
ChemistryGCSE53
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE64
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE33
DanceGCSE17
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Sir Jonathan North Girls' College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
205
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
154
2nd preference
69
3rd preference
36
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
153
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
28
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 classes27.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
217
0
217
Year 8
222
0
222
Year 9
234
0
234
Year 10
237
0
237
Year 11
239
0
239
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
87.1%
85.5%
Further education
17.0%
29.1%
36.9%
School sixth form
20.0%
18.9%
35.2%
Sixth form college
51.0%
38.9%
12.9%
Other education destinations
SP
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
4.0%
4.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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