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Fullhurst Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Foundation school
Imperial Avenue, Leicester LE3 1AH · fullhurst.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 282 4326
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 39.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,441
- 96% of 1,500 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 39.9%
- First language not English
- 31.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 181 families put the school first and 233 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 233 | 181 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 238 | 195 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 276 | 243 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 299 | 275 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 297 | 271 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 39.2, and 35.2% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼39.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼35.2% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼15.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.32 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.8 | −0.9 |
| Sixth form college | 33.8 | −4.7 |
| Further education | 39.2 | +7.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 1.7 | +0.7 |
| Employment | 2 | −2.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.6 | −1.2 |
| Activity not captured | 8.9 | +2.8 |
Ofsted
Fullhurst Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 26 Sept 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jul 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
44% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (64 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 44%
- Replies
- 64
- 2 Sept 2024
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied
based on 24 parents (38%) with SEND