Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Knighton Lane East, Leicester, LE2 6FU
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Principal
- Mr James McKenna
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Lionheart Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115
- URN
- 146108
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162708116
About this school
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College is a girls' secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,115 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 241 | 243 | 240 |
| Attainment 8 score | 55.6 | 52.8 | 52.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.55 +0.36 to +0.73 | +0.51 +0.32 to +0.70 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 64% | 56.4% | 53.8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 72% | 74.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 91% | 88.9% | 89.6% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.4 | 5.2 | 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 Sir Jonathan North Girls' 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 | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55.6 | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.8 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 52.6 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,172 |
| 2023/24 | 1,172 |
| 2024/25 | 1,149 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sir Jonathan North Girls' College compares
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College ranked 5th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 52.6 | 8.3% | 30% | 1,115 | — |
| Lancaster Academy | 37.5 | 8.5% | 40.6% | 883 | 0.1 miles |
| Wigston Academy | 42.8 | 8.9% | 24.7% | 1,286 | 1.8 miles |
| Wigston College | — | — | 0% | 241 | 1.8 miles |
| Madani Boys School | 52.2 | 5.9% | 23.9% | 450 | 1.8 miles |
| Madani Girls' School | 61.4 | 4.9% | 27.3% | 452 | 1.8 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)
- 30.03%
- English as an additional language
- 33.6%
- Overall absence
- 8.3%
- Persistent absence
- 23.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lancaster Academy0.1 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Wigston Academy1.8 miles
Secondary · Wigston
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Wigston College1.8 miles
Secondary · Wigston
-
Madani Boys School1.8 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Madani Girls' School1.8 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Sir Jonathan North Girls' College ranks 8th 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 year groups does Sir Jonathan North Girls' College teach?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the principal of Sir Jonathan North Girls' College?
- The principal of Sir Jonathan North Girls' College is Mr James McKenna, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sir Jonathan North Girls' College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sir Jonathan North Girls' 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 big is Sir Jonathan North Girls' College?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College has 1,115 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Sir Jonathan North Girls' College full?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 1,115 on roll (93%), 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 Sir Jonathan North Girls' College a faith school?
- No. Sir Jonathan North Girls' College has no designated religious character.
- Is Sir Jonathan North Girls' College a selective school?
- No. Sir Jonathan North Girls' College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Sir Jonathan North Girls' College?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 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 Sir Jonathan North Girls' College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 55.6 in 2022/23 and 52.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sir Jonathan North Girls' College rank locally?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College ranked 5th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 83% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Sir Jonathan North Girls' College's absence rate?
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sir Jonathan North Girls' College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sir Jonathan North Girls' 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 10 July 2026.