Crown Hills Community College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.705 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Crown Hills Community College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 21 January 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Crown Hills Community College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 0.705 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 0.705 miles away, the shortest of the 7 Leicester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2023, and the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 383 first-choice applications for 306 offers; 270 offers went to first-choice families, and 113 first-choice families (30%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leicester.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,493 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 21 January 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend Crown Hills Community College.”
- “They demonstrate exceptionally positive attitudes and commitment to all of the opportunities that the school provides.”
- “There is a real sense of community built on a culture of tolerance and mutual respect between pupils from a diverse range of backgrounds.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.4 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 383 first-preference applications, 306 offers in total, 270 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Madani Boys School 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madani Girls' School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Judgemeadow Community College 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- The City of Leicester College 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Community College 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lancaster Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published