Babington Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Babington Academy is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 March 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Babington Academy 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 7 of the 18 other Leicester secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38 (England 46).
- For Year 7 2026 there were 180 first-choice applications for 212 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 32 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 49.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 33% across 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
- Strasbourg Drive, Beaumont Leys, Leicester, LE4 0SZ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,339 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 March 2023
Strengths
- “This school provides an inclusive and supportive environment for its pupils.”
- “Leaders have developed a curriculum that is aspirational and meets the needs of its pupils.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “Leaders recognise the need for more pupils to study the English Baccalaureate suite of subjects at key stage 4.”
- “However, in some subjects, teachers sometimes move pupils on to new learning before they are ready.”
- “They do not always check well enough that all pupils have the secure understanding they need to progress.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 May 2023 (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) | 31% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38 | 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: 180 first-preference applications, 212 offers in total, 180 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.
- Beaumont Leys School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Brook Mead Academy 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Herewoode Academy 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Castle Mead Academy 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Rushey Mead Academy 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Soar Valley College 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Moat Community College 2.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published