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Gartree High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester LE2 5TQ · gartree.leics.sch.uk · 0116 271 7421
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 54
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 924
- 100% of 925 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.6%
- First language not English
- 15.5%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Gartree High School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 250 families put the school first and 172 places were offered; 67% 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 | 172 | 250 | 1.5▲ | 67% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 176 | 338 | 1.9▲ | 51% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 173 | 300 | 1.7▲ | 57% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 181 | 316 | 1.7▲ | 57% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 180 | 245 | 1.4▲ | 72% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 54, and 65.1% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2016/17, 61% 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 | |||
| ●61% | 61% | ||
| ●10% | 9% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 104 | ||
| ●104 | 104 | ||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
Progress scores 2016/17: reading -0.60, writing -0.80, maths -1.80
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲54 | 46 | ||
| ▲65.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲87.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲88.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.08 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 21.9 | −10.4 |
| Sixth form college | 41.4 | +8.5 |
| Further education | 27.2 | +3.6 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.6 | +3 |
| Employment | 1.2 | −4.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3 | +0.5 |
| Activity not captured | 1.8 | +1.2 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Gartree High School on 25 February 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Feb 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met Feb 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (186 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 186
- 20% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied
based on 47 parents (25%) with SEND