New College Leicester
Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN
This school is closed (it closed in April 2025).
It was replaced by The Herewoode Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Mr J Aldred
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,000
- Pupils on roll
- 1,025
- URN
- 131945
- Local authority
- Leicester
About this school
New College Leicester was a foundation secondary school in Leicester. It taught children aged 11 to 18 and had 1,025 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
New College Leicester has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 1999, 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 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 171 | 174 | 205 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.3 | 41.9 | 39.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 -0.48 to -0.05 | -0.23 -0.44 to -0.01 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 27% | 28.7% | 27.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 46.6% | 53.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 15% | 17.2% | 11.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.2 |
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 New College Leicester 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 | 42.3 | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 41.9 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.4 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 11.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 12.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 973 |
| 2023/24 | 1,012 |
| 2024/25 | 1,025 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How New College Leicester compares
Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 36% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 3% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.4 | 12.7% | 51.8% | 1,025 | — |
| The Herewoode Academy | — | — | — | 979 | 0.0 miles |
| Brook Mead Academy | — | 6.2% | 28.8% | 1,104 | 1.0 miles |
| English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy | 54 | 4.3% | 16% | 1,143 | 1.0 miles |
| Beaumont Leys School | 45.2 | 8.6% | 32.7% | 1,062 | 1.2 miles |
| Castle Mead Academy | 48 | 9.3% | 45.2% | 1,223 | 1.5 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)
- 51.8%
- English as an additional language
- 26.8%
- Overall absence
- 12.73%
- Persistent absence
- 36.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Herewoode Academy0.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Brook Mead Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Beaumont Leys School1.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Castle Mead Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other 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
- Crown Hills Community College Secondary
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Fullhurst Community College Secondary
- Gartree High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does New College Leicester teach?
- New College Leicester taught children aged 11 to 18. It was a secondary school in Leicester.
- Has New College Leicester been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected New College Leicester 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 New College Leicester?
- New College Leicester had 1,025 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- How have New College Leicester's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.3 in 2022/23 and 39.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are New College Leicester's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, New College Leicester'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 9 July 2025.