The City of Leicester College
Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Ken Vernon
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,614
- Pupils on roll
- 1,499
- URN
- 148878
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162413984
About this school
The City of Leicester College is a secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,499 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 296 | 270 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.7 | 49.1 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.29 +0.12 to +0.45 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.7% | 52.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 69.3% | 73.3% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 11.1% | 7.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.0 | 3.9 |
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 The City of Leicester 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 | — | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 48.7 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 49.1 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,635 |
| 2024/25 | 1,569 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The City of Leicester College compares
The City of Leicester College ranked 9th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 49.1 | 7.5% | 35.5% | 1,499 | — |
| Judgemeadow Community College | 46.7 | 7.8% | 24.7% | 975 | 0.3 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy | 54.5 | 6.7% | 19.5% | 1,167 | 0.4 miles |
| Crown Hills Community College | 47.4 | 6.2% | 26.3% | 1,493 | 1.2 miles |
| Manor High School | 58.9 | 7.5% | 13.9% | 941 | 1.5 miles |
| Madani Boys School | 52.2 | 5.9% | 23.9% | 450 | 1.6 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report6 May 2026
- 26 November 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 35.51%
- English as an additional language
- 47%
- Overall absence
- 7.45%
- Persistent absence
- 19.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Judgemeadow Community College0.3 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy0.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Crown Hills Community College1.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Manor High School1.5 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Madani Boys School1.6 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
The City of Leicester College ranks 13th 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 The City of Leicester College teach?
- The City of Leicester College teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of The City of Leicester College?
- The headteacher of The City of Leicester College is Mr Ken Vernon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The City of Leicester College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The City of Leicester 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 The City of Leicester College?
- The City of Leicester College has 1,499 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is The City of Leicester College full?
- The City of Leicester College has capacity for 1,614 pupils and 1,499 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 The City of Leicester College a faith school?
- No. The City of Leicester College has no designated religious character.
- Is The City of Leicester College a selective school?
- No. The City of Leicester College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs The City of Leicester College?
- The City of Leicester College is part of ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does The City of Leicester College have?
- The schools register lists The City of Leicester College's special educational needs provision as: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have The City of Leicester College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.7 in 2023/24 and 49.1 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The City of Leicester College rank locally?
- The City of Leicester College ranked 9th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 73% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The City of Leicester College's absence rate?
- The City of Leicester College's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The City of Leicester College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The City of Leicester 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 15 July 2026.