Long Field Spencer Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire·LE13 0BN
Composite score
57.6
Compare Long Field Spencer Academy with another school
#1,507
National rank
#123
In East Midlands
#23
In Leicestershire
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
52%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
65%
% EBacc grade 5+
22%
EBacc average points score
4.19

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
94%
218 first choices, 221 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
450
any preference, for 221 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.53
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5820221.4720231.5120241.5120250.992026

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

Leicestershire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Long Field Spencer Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
935
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
5.7%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
5.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,601
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
91%
160 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Long Field Spencer Academy is a secondary school serving Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 935 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 1.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

52% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 65% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 94% of the families who made Long Field Spencer Academy their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.9%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Long Field Spencer Academy 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.

Compare Long Field Spencer Academy with another school