Countesthorpe Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D42
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Countesthorpe, LE8 5PR
- Distance
- 5.2km away
Thomas Estley Community College
Station Road, Broughton Astley, Leicester, LE9 6PT
Local ranking24th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 29 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 40.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 59.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 891
- Boys
- 462 (52%)
- Girls
- 421 (48%)
- Capacity
- 900 (98% full)
- SEND
- 23.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 16.6%
- EAL
- 3.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.9%
- SEN Support
- 18.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 53.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,403/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
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 91.9%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
- White Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.1%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Indian: 0.7%
- Asian Other: 0.3%
91.9%
White British
1.8%
Mixed Other
1.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Station Road
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138527
- UKPRN
- 10038162
- Establishment No.
- 4057
- Trust
- SUCCESS ACADEMY TRUST
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