Loughborough Amherst School
Gray Street, Loughborough, LE11 2DZ
This school is closed (it closed in July 2025).
- Phase
- Independent schools
- School type
- Other independent school
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Miss Grace Davies
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 600
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- URN
- 120317
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
About this school
Loughborough Amherst School was a Roman Catholic independent school in Leicestershire. It taught children aged 4 to 18 and had 410 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Loughborough Amherst School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1958, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 41 | 36 |
| Attainment 8 score | 29.4 | 31.7 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.6 | 2.8 |
Trends over time
How Loughborough Amherst 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 29.4 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 31.7 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | — | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 436 |
| 2024/25 | 410 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 10
- Pupils on SEN support
- 101
Location
Nearby schools
-
Loughborough High School0.1 miles
Independent schools
-
Loughborough Grammar School0.2 miles
Independent schools · Loughborough
-
Fairfield Prep School0.2 miles
Independent schools
-
ASPIRE: Lifeskills0.4 miles
Special schools · Leicestershire
-
Compass Community School Mountfields Park0.5 miles
Special schools · Loughborough
Common questions
- What ages does Loughborough Amherst School teach?
- Loughborough Amherst School taught children aged 4 to 18. It was an independent school in Leicestershire.
- Has Loughborough Amherst School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Loughborough Amherst School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Loughborough Amherst School?
- Loughborough Amherst School had 410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 18.
- How have Loughborough Amherst School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 29.4 in 2022/23 and 31.7 in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Loughborough Amherst School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Loughborough Amherst 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 24 July 2025.