Gartree High School
Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TQ
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GARTREE HIGH SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- William Carter Edward Wilson
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 925
- Pupils on roll
- 924
- URN
- 138155
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162717421
About this school
Gartree High School is a secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 924 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Gartree High 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 | 151 | 169 | 169 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.3 | 52.3 | 54.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.54 +0.31 to +0.77 | +0.41 +0.20 to +0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% | 62.1% | 65.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 85% | 80.5% | 87% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 84% | 88.2% | 88.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
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 Gartree High 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 | 54.3 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.3 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 54 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 862 |
| 2023/24 | 889 |
| 2024/25 | 909 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gartree High School compares
Gartree High School ranked 6th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 54 | 6.5% | 14.2% | 924 | — |
| Beauchamp College | 55.9 | 6.5% | 11.5% | 2,309 | 0.1 miles |
| Manor High School | 58.9 | 7.5% | 13.9% | 941 | 1.2 miles |
| Wigston Academy | 42.8 | 8.9% | 24.7% | 1,286 | 1.8 miles |
| Wigston College | — | — | 0% | 241 | 2.0 miles |
| Judgemeadow Community College | 46.7 | 7.8% | 24.7% | 975 | 2.3 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)
- 14.19%
- English as an additional language
- 15.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.5%
- Persistent absence
- 16.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Beauchamp College0.1 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Manor High School1.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Wigston Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Wigston
-
Wigston College2.0 miles
Secondary · Wigston
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Judgemeadow Community College2.3 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Gartree High School ranks 5th 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
- Crown Hills Community College Secondary
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Fullhurst Community College Secondary
- Heath Lane Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Gartree High School teach?
- Gartree High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Gartree High School?
- The headteacher of Gartree High School is William Carter Edward Wilson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Gartree High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gartree High 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 Gartree High School?
- Gartree High School has 924 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Gartree High School full?
- Gartree High School has capacity for 925 pupils and 924 on roll (100%), 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 Gartree High School a faith school?
- No. Gartree High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Gartree High School part of an academy trust?
- Gartree High School is part of GARTREE HIGH SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Gartree High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.3 in 2022/23 and 54 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gartree High School compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Gartree High School ranked 6th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 85% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 30% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gartree High School's absence rate?
- Gartree High School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gartree High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gartree High 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.