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Heath Lane Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Heath Lane, Earl Shilton, Leicester LE9 7PD · heathlaneacademy.org.uk · 01455 845061
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 644
- 81% of 800 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 30.1%
- First language not English
- 5.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 76 families put the school first and 84 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 | 84 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 111 | 107 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 119 | 102 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 149 | 132 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 129 | 120 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40, and 34.3% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2018/19 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.5 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40 | 46 | ||
| ▼34.3% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼55.5% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼19.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.42 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 11.1 | −6 |
| Sixth form college | 11.1 | +3.5 |
| Further education | 52.6 | +2.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3 | −4.6 |
| Employment | 3 | +1.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11.1 | +0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 8.1 | +3.3 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2018/19 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 students | D+ (24.5) | Average +0.12 | |
| 16 students | D+ (24.5) | Average +0.12 | |
| Applied general8 students | Merit- (22.9) | Well below average -0.65 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017/18 | 9 | C- (28.3) | +0.25 |
| 2016/17 | 24 | C+ (34.3) | +0.01 |
| 2015/16 | 8 | B- (37.1) | +0.66 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2018/19 | Since 2016/17 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 56 | −2 |
| Other education | 5 | −2 |
| Apprenticeship | 17 | — |
| Employment | 11 | −20 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +7 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 26 February 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Heath Lane Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Jun 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 101
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 48% who had a child bullied
based on 21 parents (21%) with SEND