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Manor High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Copse Close, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4FU · manorhigh.leics.sch.uk · 0116 271 4941
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 58.9
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 941
- 90% of 1,050 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 11.5%
- First language not English
- 25.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 215 families put the school first and 208 places were offered; 86% 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 | 208 | 215 | 1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 207 | 193 | 0.9 | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 206 | 188 | 0.9 | 86% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 180 | 220 | 1.2▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 181 | 263 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 58.9, and 71.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2016/17, 68% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% the higher standard.
Key stage 2 results
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2016/17 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲68% | 61% | ||
| ●10% | 9% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 104 | ||
| ●104 | 104 | ||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
Progress scores 2016/17: reading -0.30, writing +1.20, maths -1.40
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲58.9 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲71.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲81.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲92.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.72 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 36.3 | +1.8 |
| Sixth form college | 39.7 | −6.9 |
| Further education | 14.2 | +3.9 |
| Other education | 1.5 | +0.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.5 | — |
| Employment | 2 | +1.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.4 | 0 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 | −0.9 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 July 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Manor High School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 3 Jul 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
67% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (141 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 67%
- Replies
- 141
- 15% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 55 parents (39%) with SEND