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Crown Hills Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Gwendolen Road, Leicester LE5 5FT · crownhills.com · 0116 273 6893
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 47.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.71 mi
- 1.13 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,493
- 239 over 1,254 places · 119%
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.1%
- First language not English
- 72.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.71 mi (1.13 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 383 families put the school first and 306 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 306 | 383 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 300 | 321 | 1.1▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 307 | 309 | 1▲ | 81% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 312 | 283 | 0.9 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 300 | 290 | 1 | 87% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.71 mi1.13 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 47.4, and 47.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicester it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●47.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ●47.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ●66.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼29.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.09 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14.6 | +4.7 |
| Sixth form college | 62.6 | −3.2 |
| Further education | 13.3 | −2.1 |
| Other education | 0.3 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | +0.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.7 | −1.4 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 | +2.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Crown Hills Community College on 21 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 21 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective May 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (44 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 89%
- Replies
- 44
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 55% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied