Moat Community College
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Leicester
Maidstone Road, Leicester, LE2 0TU
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.1%
26.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,091
Capacity used
Over capacity104%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
156 of 156 families who put it first got an offer
223
Places offered
320
Total applications
1.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 156 | 156 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 79 | 48 | ● 61% |
| 3rd preference | 64 | 16 | ● 25% |
| 4th preference | 21 | 2 | ● 10% |
| Total | 320 | 222 | 69% |
1st preference success by year
Leicester lets families list 4 preferences. 4 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Brian Killeen
- Address
- Maidstone Road, Leicester, LE2 0TU
- Phone
- 01162625705
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward / constituency
- Wycliffe · Leicester South
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120292
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 87% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,091 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
08 March 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,122 pupils
Attendance
91.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.5%
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 | 47.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.19 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 46% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.34 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 34.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 70% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.12 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 213 | — |
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 | 210 | 13% | 41% | 70% | |
| English Language | 204 | 12% | 48% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 201 | 7% | 36% | 60% | |
| English Literature | 197 | 17% | 53% | 75% | |
| Religious Studies | 169 | 30% | 73% | 85% | |
| History | 107 | 10% | 36% | 55% | |
| Geography | 87 | 16% | 41% | 62% | |
| French | 77 | 13% | 66% | 84% | |
| Spanish | 74 | 15% | 54% | 80% | |
| Social Studies | 74 | 12% | 38% | 58% | |
| Business | 65 | 6% | 40% | 54% | |
| Computer Science | 44 | 20% | 43% | 59% |
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.