Gartree High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicestershire
Ridge Way, Leicester, LE2 5TQ
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 25/02/2025
Application demand
51%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.5%
16.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
924
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
925 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
51%
1st preference success rate
173 of 338 families who put it first got an offer
176
Places offered
913
Total applications
5.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 338 | 173 | ● 51% |
| 2nd preference | 340 | 3 | ● 1% |
| 3rd preference | 173 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 62 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 913 | 176 | 19% |
1st preference success by year
Leicestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 245 applications came from outside the council area (20 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
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- William Carter Edward Wilson
- Address
- Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TQ
- Phone
- 01162717421
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Oadby Brocks Hill · Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138155
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 15% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 15% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GARTREE HIGH SCHOOL
924 pupils · 925 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
25 February 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 918 pupils
Attendance
93.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.9%
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 | 52.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.41 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 81% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.94 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 65.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 88.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 169 | — |
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.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.