Manor High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicestershire
Copse Close, Leicester, LE2 4FU
81
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
82%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
19.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
941
Capacity used
Has space90%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
82%
1st preference success rate
158 of 193 families who put it first got an offer
207
Places offered
765
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 193 | 158 | ● 82% |
| 2nd preference | 173 | 42 | ● 24% |
| 3rd preference | 317 | 6 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 82 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 765 | 207 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Leicestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 246 applications came from outside the council area (102 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Simon Greiff
- Address
- Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 4FU
- Phone
- 01162714941
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Oadby Uplands · Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137120
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 12% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 13% | — | — |
| SEN support | 13% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: OAK MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
941 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 July 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 954 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.7%
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 | 56.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.69 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 80% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.47 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 71.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 81.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 92% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.72 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 176 | — |
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 | 175 | 43% | 74% | 85% | |
| English Language | 174 | 40% | 75% | 86% | |
| English Literature | 174 | 45% | 80% | 89% | |
| Combined Science | 129 | 31% | 63% | 76% | |
| History | 91 | 26% | 53% | 71% | |
| Geography | 90 | 51% | 84% | 87% | |
| French | 83 | 41% | 80% | 87% | |
| Spanish | 83 | 23% | 65% | 82% | |
| Business | 64 | 63% | 92% | 97% | |
| Computer Science | 64 | 39% | 78% | 89% | |
| Biology | 45 | 69% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 45 | 69% | 100% | 100% |
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 Leicestershire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
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.