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Madani Boys School
Secondary · Boys · Ages 11–16 · Voluntary aided
77 Evington Valley, Leicester LE5 5LL · madani.school · 0116 249 8080
Overview
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly
- Ungraded inspection · May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Demand for places
- 2.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 450
- At capacity · 450 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.8%
- First language not English
- 78.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 202 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 44% 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 | 90 | 202 | 2.2▲ | 44% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 222 | 2.5▲ | 41% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 214 | 2.4▲ | 42% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 193 | 2.1▲ | 47% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 172 | 1.9▲ | 52% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.2, and 61.4% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲61.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲80.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲43.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.48 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 35 | +4.4 |
| Sixth form college | 25 | −23.4 |
| Further education | 28.3 | +15.4 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.7 | +3.5 |
| Activity not captured | 5 | +0.2 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 May 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Madani Boys School was: Improved significantly.
- Outcome
- Improved significantly
- Inspected
- 7 May 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 60
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 10 parents (17%) with SEND