Humphrey Perkins School
Cotes Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough, LE12 8JU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Dr John Pye
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lionheart Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,106
- Pupils on roll
- 863
- URN
- 137799
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509412385
About this school
Humphrey Perkins School is a secondary academy in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 863 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Humphrey Perkins School, and its latest judgement is set out 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 160 | 164 | 155 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.6 | 40.5 | 48.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.30 -0.53 to -0.08 | -0.55 -0.77 to -0.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 31.1% | 53.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69% | 58.5% | 73.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 68% | 73.8% | 83.2% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
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 Humphrey Perkins 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 | 46.6 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 40.5 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 48.6 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 818 |
| 2023/24 | 842 |
| 2024/25 | 844 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Humphrey Perkins School compares
Humphrey Perkins School ranked 14th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 48.6 | 7.6% | 18.3% | 863 | — |
| Rawlins | 45 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,455 | 1.1 miles |
| Limehurst Academy | 48.2 | 9.8% | 35.3% | 656 | 2.7 miles |
| Woodbrook Vale School | 51.2 | 8.3% | 16.1% | 839 | 2.8 miles |
| De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire | 55.1 | 6.2% | 15.7% | 1,376 | 3.7 miles |
| Charnwood College | 43.9 | 6.6% | 29.1% | 664 | 3.8 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)
- 18.25%
- English as an additional language
- 3%
- Overall absence
- 7.63%
- Persistent absence
- 20.96%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rawlins1.1 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Limehurst Academy2.7 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Woodbrook Vale School2.8 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire3.7 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Charnwood College3.8 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
Humphrey Perkins School ranks 4th of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Loughborough.
- Charnwood College Secondary
- De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Secondary
- East Leake Academy Secondary
- Iveshead School Secondary
- Limehurst Academy Secondary
- Rawlins Secondary
- Woodbrook Vale School Secondary
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Humphrey Perkins School teach?
- Humphrey Perkins School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Loughborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Humphrey Perkins School?
- The headteacher of Humphrey Perkins School is Dr John Pye, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Humphrey Perkins School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Humphrey Perkins 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 many pupils are at Humphrey Perkins School?
- Humphrey Perkins School has 863 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Humphrey Perkins School full?
- Humphrey Perkins School has capacity for 1,106 pupils and 863 on roll (78%), so it has space against 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 Humphrey Perkins School a faith school?
- No. Humphrey Perkins School has no designated religious character.
- Is Humphrey Perkins School a selective school?
- No. Humphrey Perkins School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Humphrey Perkins School part of an academy trust?
- Humphrey Perkins School is part of LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Humphrey Perkins School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.6 in 2022/23 and 48.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Humphrey Perkins School compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Humphrey Perkins School ranked 14th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 71% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 19% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Humphrey Perkins School's absence rate?
- Humphrey Perkins School's overall absence rate is 7.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Humphrey Perkins School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Humphrey Perkins 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 1 July 2026.