The Cedars Academy
Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 4GH
Local ranking22nd of 46 secondary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1100
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 57.4%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
- Cohort Size
- 188
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 85.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 97.0%
- Higher education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 23.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.4
Avg Points/Entry
24.4
Best 3 A-Levels
12
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 35
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 981
- Boys
- 495 (50%)
- Girls
- 486 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1100 (89% full)
- SEND
- 19.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.3%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,786/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.4%
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: 59.1%
- Asian Indian: 18.8%
- Asian Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- Black Caribbean: 2.6%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Other: 2.5%
59.1%
White British
18.8%
Asian Indian
3.0%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 140787
- UKPRN
- 10045653
- Establishment No.
- 4029
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST