Crown Hills Community College
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Leicester
Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FT
70
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 21/01/2025
Application demand
76%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.8%
19.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,493
Capacity used
Over capacity119%
1,254 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
76%
1st preference success rate
243 of 321 families who put it first got an offer
300
Places offered
801
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 321 | 243 | ● 76% |
| 2nd preference | 308 | 56 | ● 18% |
| 3rd preference | 132 | 0 | ● 0% |
| 4th preference | 40 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 801 | 300 | 37% |
1st preference success by year
Leicester lets families list 4 preferences. 21 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- F Adam
- Address
- Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FT
- Phone
- 01162736893
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward / constituency
- Spinney Hills · Leicester South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120277
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 27% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 76% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,493 pupils · 1,254 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
21 January 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,544 pupils
Attendance
93.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.2%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 48.7 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.32 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 49% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.18 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.2% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 66% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 29.5% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.09 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 288 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 285 | 23% | 51% | 69% | |
| English Language | 285 | 19% | 57% | 73% | |
| English Literature | 285 | 18% | 63% | 79% | |
| Combined Science | 232 | 9% | 34% | 50% | |
| Geography | 166 | 11% | 33% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 154 | 9% | 32% | 44% | |
| History | 126 | 24% | 52% | 67% | |
| French | 94 | 28% | 62% | 68% | |
| Social Studies | 89 | 8% | 51% | 73% | |
| Religious Studies | 69 | 23% | 52% | 64% | |
| Biology | 53 | 53% | 92% | 100% | |
| Physics | 53 | 47% | 91% | 96% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leicester council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.