Beaumont Leys School

Community school·Secondary school Leicester·LE4 0FL
Composite score
56.5
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#1,680
National rank
#138
In East Midlands
#12
In Leicester
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
39%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
10%
EBacc average points score
3.84

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
143 first choices, 192 places
First choices per place
0.74
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
350
any preference, for 192 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8620220.9120230.8020240.9520250.742026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Beaumont Leys School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,068
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
32.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,833
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
88%
216 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Beaumont Leys School

Beaumont Leys School is a secondary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,068 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.2 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 0.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Beaumont Leys School their first choice was offered one of its 192 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 88% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.9%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Beaumont Leys School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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