The City of Leicester College 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 requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 24/05/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.1%, which is 2.1 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Downing Drive, Leicester, LE5 6LN
Website: http://www.cityleicester.co.uk/
Telephone: 01162413984
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Leicester
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Ken Vernon
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 120297

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 24/05/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1614
Number of Pupils: 1758
Number of Boys: 918
Number of Girls: 840

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.1% 4%
Persistent absence: 14.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.17 Confidence interval -0.34 to 0.01
Of the 234 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 215 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:16%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:36%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:44.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.63
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Krishna Avanti Primary School
Spencefield Lane, Evington LE5 6HN
664 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Whitehall Primary School
Whitehall Road, LE5 6GJ
846 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Main Street, Thurnby LE7 9PN
1,377 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Thurnby Mead Primary Academy
Dudley Avenue, LE5 2EG
1,477 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
4out of 4Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy
Roborough Green, Thurnby Lodge LE5 2NA
1,541 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4The City of Leicester College
Downing Drive, Evington LE5 6LN
0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
1out of 4Judgemeadow Community College
Marydene Drive, Evington LE5 6HP
605 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Spencefield Lane, LE5 6HN
686 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Crown Hills Community College
Gwendolen Road, LE5 5FT
2,127 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Manor High School
Copse Close, Oadby LE2 4FU
2,704 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
3out of 4Oaklands School
Whitehall Road, Evington LE5 6GJ
771 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
3out of 4Leicester City Primary PRU
Gervas Road, LE5 2EJ
1,478 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
4out of 4Ash Field Academy
Broad Avenue, LE5 4PY
1,893 yd Academy special converter Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedAl-Aqsa Schools Trust
The Wayne Way, Leicester LE5 4PP
2,504 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
- not ratedLand of Learning Primary School
5-11 Evington Drive, Leicester LE5 5PF
2,920 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.