Sir Jonathan North Girls' College

📍 Knighton Lane East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 6FU

About this school

Sir Jonathan North Girls' College is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Leicester, Leicestershire. The school has 1,149 pupils enrolled. It was rated Outstanding by Ofsted in 14 January 2025. The Principal is James McKenna. The school is administered by Leicester local authority. It belongs to LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST. The school has girls-only admissions. It opened in 1 March 2019.

School details

Principal

James McKenna

Trust

LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Local authority

Leicester

Gender

Girls

URN

146108

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 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)

• 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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