Babington Academy is a secondary school located in Leicester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 20/03/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.9%, which is 1.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Strasbourg Drive, Leicester, LE4 0SZ
Website: http://www.babington.leicester.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01162221616
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Leicester
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Sara-Jayne Fletcher
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143247

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 20/03/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1050
Number of Pupils: 1321
Number of Boys: 676
Number of Girls: 645

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.05 Confidence interval -0.25 to 0.15
Of the 205 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 156 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:17%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:90%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:21%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:35.1
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:2.93
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barley Croft Primary School
Malham Close , Beaumont Leys LE4 0UT
3out of 4 361 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Buswells Lodge Primary School
Beauville Drive , Beaumont Leys LE4 0PT
2out of 4 582 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Woodstock Primary Academy
Hattern Avenue , LE4 2GZ
3out of 4 1,275 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School
Avebury Avenue , LE4 0FQ
3out of 4 1,335 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Mowmacre Hill Primary School
Tedworth Green , LE4 2NG
3out of 4 1,429 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Babington Academy
Strasbourg Drive , Beaumont Leys LE4 0SZ
4out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Beaumont Leys School
Anstey Lane , LE4 0FL
3out of 4 757 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Anstey Lane , LE4 0FJ
3out of 4 1,281 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
New College Leicester
Greencoat Road , LE3 6DN
3out of 4 2,696 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
The Martin High School Anstey
Link Road , Anstey LE7 7EB
3out of 4 3,109 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wolfdale School
CROPSTON ROAD , ANSTEY LE7 7BP
- not rated 2,393 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Darul Uloom Leicester
119 Loughborough Road , LE4 5LN
- not rated 2,876 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
West Gate School
Glenfield Road , LE3 6DG
1out of 4 2,997 yd Foundation special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.