The City of Leicester College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.385 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The City of Leicester College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
The City of Leicester 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 | 2.385 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
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.385 miles away, the longest of the 7 Leicester secondary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.14 miles).
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 187 first-choice applications for 245 offers; 180 offers went to first-choice families, so 7 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- 2024/25: 52% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leicester.
- In 2024/25, A level students averaged grade C+ (England B-), and progress from GCSE to A level was above average.
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
- Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,499 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 6 May 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this inclusive and aspirational school.”
- “They talk warmly about the strong sense of community and the kindness they experience every day.”
- “Pupils from all backgrounds feel that they belong.”
To improve
- “They recognised that the culture and curriculum needed strengthening.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2026 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C+ | B- |
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: 187 first-preference applications, 245 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.
- Judgemeadow Community College 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Crown Hills Community College 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Madani Boys School 1.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madani Girls' School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Mead Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Community College 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 2.9 mi Not judged Last distance published