Thomas Estley Community College
Station Road, Broughton Astley, Leicester, LE9 6PT
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SUCCESS ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Mandi Collins
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Success Academy Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- South Leicestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 900
- Pupils on roll
- 883
- URN
- 138527
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01455283263
About this school
Thomas Estley Community College is a secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 883 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Thomas Estley Community College, 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 | 170 | 183 | 170 |
| Attainment 8 score | 46.5 | 43.0 | 46.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.24 +0.03 to +0.46 | -0.05 -0.26 to +0.16 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 40.4% | 44.1% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 61.7% | 66.5% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 75% | 62.3% | 65.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.2 |
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 Thomas Estley Community College 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 | 46.5 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 885 |
| 2023/24 | 901 |
| 2024/25 | 891 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thomas Estley Community College compares
Thomas Estley Community College ranked 25th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46 | 9.9% | 16.6% | 883 | — |
| Countesthorpe Academy | 38.9 | 9.8% | 22.2% | 1,149 | 3.2 miles |
| Brockington College | 46.8 | 7.5% | 16.4% | 1,165 | 4.0 miles |
| Lutterworth College | 48.7 | 7.6% | 11.4% | 1,580 | 4.8 miles |
| South Wigston High School | 34.5 | 11.3% | 31.4% | 730 | 4.9 miles |
| Lutterworth High School | 51.8 | 6.6% | 13.9% | 849 | 5.4 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.61%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 9.93%
- Persistent absence
- 24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Countesthorpe Academy3.2 miles
Secondary · Countesthorpe
-
Brockington College4.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Lutterworth College4.8 miles
Secondary · Lutterworth
-
South Wigston High School4.9 miles
Secondary · Wigston
-
Lutterworth High School5.4 miles
Secondary · Lutterworth
Other schools in Leicester
Thomas Estley Community College ranks 20th 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
- Gartree High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Thomas Estley Community College teach?
- Thomas Estley Community College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the principal of Thomas Estley Community College?
- The principal of Thomas Estley Community College is Mrs Mandi Collins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Thomas Estley Community College been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thomas Estley Community College, 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 Thomas Estley Community College?
- Thomas Estley Community College has 883 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Thomas Estley Community College full?
- Thomas Estley Community College has capacity for 900 pupils and 883 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Thomas Estley Community College a faith school?
- No. Thomas Estley Community College has no designated religious character.
- Is Thomas Estley Community College a selective school?
- No. Thomas Estley Community College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Thomas Estley Community College part of an academy trust?
- Thomas Estley Community College is part of SUCCESS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Thomas Estley Community College have?
- The schools register lists Thomas Estley Community College's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Thomas Estley Community College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 46.5 in 2022/23 and 46 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thomas Estley Community College compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Thomas Estley Community College ranked 25th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 61% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 8% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thomas Estley Community College's absence rate?
- Thomas Estley Community College's overall absence rate is 9.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thomas Estley Community College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thomas Estley Community College'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.