Beaumont Leys School
Anstey Lane, Leicester, LE4 0FL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Dawn Parkinson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,050
- Pupils on roll
- 1,062
- URN
- 120281
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162344480
About this school
Beaumont Leys School is a community secondary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,062 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Good
- 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 | 216 | 212 | 208 |
| Attainment 8 score | 44.1 | 44.6 | 45.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.01 -0.18 to +0.21 | -0.13 -0.33 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36% | 37.3% | 38.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 57% | 63.2% | 63.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13% | 15.1% | 16.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
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 Beaumont Leys School 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 | 44.1 | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 44.6 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 45.2 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,085 |
| 2023/24 | 1,078 |
| 2024/25 | 1,068 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beaumont Leys School compares
Beaumont Leys School ranked 13th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45.2 | 8.6% | 32.7% | 1,062 | — |
| English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy | 54 | 4.3% | 16% | 1,143 | 0.3 miles |
| Babington Academy | 38 | 11.2% | 47.9% | 1,339 | 0.4 miles |
| Brook Mead Academy | — | 6.2% | 28.8% | 1,104 | 0.8 miles |
| The Herewoode Academy | — | — | — | 979 | 1.2 miles |
| Castle Mead Academy | 48 | 9.3% | 45.2% | 1,223 | 1.4 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.68%
- English as an additional language
- 32.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.55%
- Persistent absence
- 24.28%
Location
Nearby schools
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English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Babington Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Brook Mead Academy0.8 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
The Herewoode Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Castle Mead Academy1.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Beaumont Leys School ranks 22nd of the 33 ranked secondary schools in Leicester.
- Babington Academy Secondary
- Beauchamp College Secondary
- Bosworth Academy Secondary
- Brockington College Secondary
- Brook Mead Academy Secondary
- Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Secondary
- Castle Mead Academy Secondary
- Crown Hills Community College 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 Beaumont Leys School teach?
- Beaumont Leys School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Beaumont Leys School?
- The headteacher of Beaumont Leys School is Mrs Dawn Parkinson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beaumont Leys School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beaumont Leys School, 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 Beaumont Leys School?
- Beaumont Leys School has 1,062 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Beaumont Leys School full?
- Beaumont Leys School has capacity for 1,050 pupils and 1,062 on roll (101%), 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 Beaumont Leys School a faith school?
- No. Beaumont Leys School has no designated religious character.
- Is Beaumont Leys School a selective school?
- No. Beaumont Leys School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Beaumont Leys School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 44.1 in 2022/23 and 45.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beaumont Leys School rank locally?
- Beaumont Leys School ranked 13th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 58% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beaumont Leys School's absence rate?
- Beaumont Leys School's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beaumont Leys School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beaumont Leys School'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.