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Moat Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Maidstone Road, Leicester LE2 0TU · moat.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 262 5705
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.36 mi
- 2.18 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,091
- 41 over 1,050 places · 104%
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.8%
- First language not English
- 83.1%
- 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 1.36 mi (2.18 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 179 families put the school first and 215 places were offered; 96% 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 | 215 | 179 | 0.8 | 96% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 223 | 156 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 225 | 169 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 217 | 201 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 238 | 176 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.36 mi2.18 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.6, and 34.3% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼34.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲70.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.12 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 10 | +5.4 |
| Sixth form college | 58.8 | −4.3 |
| Further education | 20.4 | −3.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.5 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.3 | −0.4 |
| Activity not captured | 7.1 | +2.5 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Moat Community College was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (173 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 173
- 16% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 95% who raised concerns
based on 29 parents (17%) whose child was bullied
based on 10 parents (6%) with SEND