Crown Hills Community College
Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr F Adam
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,254
- Pupils on roll
- 1,493
- URN
- 120277
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162736893
About this school
Crown Hills Community College is a community secondary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,493 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 296 | 294 | 288 |
| Attainment 8 score | 47.2 | 48.7 | 47.4 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.38 +0.21 to +0.54 | +0.32 +0.15 to +0.49 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 48.6% | 47.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 72.4% | 66% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 29.6% | 29.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Crown Hills Community College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47.2 | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.7 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 47.4 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,491 |
| 2023/24 | 1,497 |
| 2024/25 | 1,497 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Crown Hills Community College compares
Crown Hills Community College ranked 11th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 47.4 | 6.2% | 26.3% | 1,493 | — |
| Madani Boys School | 52.2 | 5.9% | 23.9% | 450 | 0.4 miles |
| Madani Girls' School | 61.4 | 4.9% | 27.3% | 452 | 0.4 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | 54.5 | 6.7% | 19.5% | 1,167 | 0.9 miles |
| Judgemeadow Community College | 46.7 | 7.8% | 24.7% | 975 | 1.0 miles |
| The City of Leicester College | 49.1 | 7.5% | 35.5% | 1,499 | 1.2 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 26.25%
- English as an additional language
- 74.3%
- Overall absence
- 6.16%
- Persistent absence
- 19.17%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Madani Boys School0.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Madani Girls' School0.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy0.9 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Judgemeadow Community College1.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
The City of Leicester College1.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Crown Hills Community College ranks 17th of the 33 ranked secondary schools in Leicester.
- Babington Academy Secondary
- Beauchamp College Secondary
- Beaumont Leys School Secondary
- Bosworth Academy Secondary
- Brockington College Secondary
- Brook Mead Academy Secondary
- Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Secondary
- Castle Mead Academy Secondary
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Fullhurst Community College Secondary
- Gartree High School Secondary
- Heath Lane Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Crown Hills Community College teach?
- Crown Hills Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Crown Hills Community College?
- The headteacher of Crown Hills Community College is Mr F Adam, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Crown Hills Community College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Crown Hills Community College, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Crown Hills Community College?
- Crown Hills Community College has 1,493 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Crown Hills Community College full?
- Crown Hills Community College has capacity for 1,254 pupils and 1,493 on roll (119%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Crown Hills Community College a faith school?
- No. Crown Hills Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Crown Hills Community College a selective school?
- No. Crown Hills Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Crown Hills Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 47.2 in 2022/23 and 47.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Crown Hills Community College rank locally?
- Crown Hills Community College ranked 11th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 67% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 36% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Crown Hills Community College's absence rate?
- Crown Hills Community College's overall absence rate is 6.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Crown Hills Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Crown Hills Community College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.