De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire
Ofsted: Expected
Score
B71
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Loughborough, LE11 4SQ
- Distance
- 2.0km away
Limehurst Academy
Bridge Street, Loughborough, LE11 1NH
Local ranking14th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 20 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
600
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 23 June 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 46.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.4% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 133
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 651
- Boys
- 328 (50%)
- Girls
- 328 (50%)
- Capacity
- 600 (109% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 35.3%
- EAL
- 55.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,095/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 39.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 28.3%
- White Other: 10.9%
- Asian Indian: 4.6%
- Other: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.2%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Mixed Other: 2.1%
39.5%
White British
28.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
10.9%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Bridge Street
Loughborough, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 137367
- UKPRN
- 10035135
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- EAST MIDLANDS EDUCATION TRUST
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