Foundation school Secondary Open

New College Leicester

Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN

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1,025
Pupils
51.3%
Free school meals
1 September 1999
Opened

About this school

New College Leicester is a Foundation school serving secondary age pupils, located in Leicester. The school has 1,025 pupils enrolled. The Principal is J Aldred. The school is administered by Leicester local authority. It opened in 1 September 1999.

School details

Principal
J Aldred
Local authority
Leicester
Gender
Mixed
URN
131945

Admissions

Applications for places at New College Leicester are handled by the school or the local authority (Leicester). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

39.4
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.23
Progress 8 · 2023-24
28%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
54%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.15
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
11%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
  • Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
  • Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
  • Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
  • EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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