St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicester
Spencefield Lane, Leicester, LE5 6HN
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.3%
18.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,167
Capacity used
Over capacity102%
1,142 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
165 of 182 families who put it first got an offer
184
Places offered
357
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 182 | 165 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 82 | 16 | ● 20% |
| 3rd preference | 56 | 2 | ● 4% |
| 4th preference | 37 | 1 | ● 3% |
| Total | 357 | 184 | 52% |
1st preference success by year
Leicester lets families list 4 preferences. 57 applications came from outside the council area (33 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
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Shelley Conaghan
- Address
- Spencefield Lane, Leicester, LE5 6HN
- Phone
- 01162414057
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward / constituency
- Evington · Leicester East
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 146232
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 46% | — | — |
| SEN support | 10% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
1,167 pupils · 1,142 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
25 January 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 957 pupils
Attendance
93.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
18.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
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 | 50.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.30 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 73% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 31.78 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 54.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 57.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 77.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 30.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.63 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 183 | — |
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.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 35.74 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 12.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 79 | — |
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 | 177 | 33% | 63% | 82% | |
| English Language | 177 | 30% | 73% | 85% | |
| Religious Studies | 175 | 42% | 76% | 84% | |
| English Literature | 175 | 38% | 74% | 86% | |
| Combined Science | 113 | 14% | 59% | 88% | |
| History | 81 | 41% | 65% | 79% | |
| Biology | 64 | 50% | 84% | 84% | |
| Physics | 64 | 61% | 83% | 84% | |
| Geography | 61 | 36% | 64% | 74% | |
| Business | 60 | 37% | 83% | 93% | |
| Chemistry | 54 | 70% | 98% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 50 | 28% | 76% | 88% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 33 | 9% | 36% | 55% | |
| Biology | 28 | 0% | 7% | 46% | |
| Chemistry | 27 | 4% | 26% | 59% | |
| Sociology | 22 | 9% | 9% | 50% | |
| Business Studies | 21 | 5% | 14% | 57% | |
| Psychology | 19 | 16% | 16% | 63% | |
| Geography | 11 | 0% | 0% | 36% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 11 | 0% | 9% | 36% | |
| Religious Studies | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% | |
| English Language | 9 | 11% | 44% | 78% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 9 | 0% | 11% | 56% | |
| English Literature | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11742: Saint Paul's Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 68% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 100% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 71% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
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.