Judgemeadow Community College

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Leicester·LE5 6HP
Composite score
58.4
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#1,398
National rank
#114
In East Midlands
#11
In Leicester
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
21%
EBacc average points score
4.41

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
83 first choices, 168 places
First choices per place
0.49
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
374
any preference, for 168 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7120220.7620230.5320240.5620250.492026

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

Every child who put Judgemeadow Community College 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
1,033
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
30.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
0.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.3%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
30.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,004
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
92%
285 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Judgemeadow Community College is a secondary school serving Leicester, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. It has 1,033 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Judgemeadow Community College 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 4.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Judgemeadow Community College was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 83 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 9.3%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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