John Ferneley College
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Melton Mowbray, LE13 1LH
- Distance
- 2.4km away
Long Field Spencer Academy
Ambleside Way, Melton Mowbray, LE13 0BN
Local ranking20th of 44 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 24 May 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.1% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 64.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 178
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 935
- Boys
- 455 (49%)
- Girls
- 475 (51%)
- Capacity
- 800 (116% full)
- SEND
- 26.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 23.7%
- EAL
- 5.7%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.1%
- SEN Support
- 21.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,601/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
- 10.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.1%
- White Other: 5.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.2%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.8%
- Asian Other: 0.8%
- Black African: 0.8%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
88.1%
White British
5.2%
White Other
1.2%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Ambleside Way
Melton Mowbray, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 138628
- UKPRN
- 10038588
- Establishment No.
- 5400
- Trust
- THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
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