Judgemeadow Community College
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Judgemeadow Community College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 4 October 2022. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Judgemeadow 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 | 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 Year 7 applicant in 2026 was offered a place, with 85 offers going to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Year 7 2026 drew 83 first-choice applications for 168 offers: 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 19 Leicester secondary schools.
- In 2024/25, 37% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), while the Attainment 8 score was 46.7 (England 46).
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
- Marydene Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6HP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 975 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 4 October 2022
Strengths
- “Judgemeadow Community College is a school that celebrates cultural diversity.”
- “The school has an effective personal development curriculum.”
- “The majority of pupils talk about feeling safe in school.”
To improve
- “Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are not always as well supported in lessons as their peers.”
- “At key stage 3, pupils do not study some subjects in sufficient breadth and depth.”
- “However, some pupils feel that teachers do not always consistently apply this system.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2022 (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) | 37% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.7 | 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: 83 first-preference applications, 168 offers in total, 83 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.
- The City of Leicester College 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crown Hills Community College 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Madani Boys School 1.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madani Girls' School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Mead Academy 2.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Community College 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published