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The Cedars Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy
Wanlip Lane, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4GH · thecedarsacademy.org.uk · 0116 267 7107
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 45.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 985
- 90% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- First language not English
- 10.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 181 families put the school first and 180 places were offered; 93% 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 | 180 | 181 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 186 | 179 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 182 | 176 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 186 | 186 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 184 | 211 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45.1, and 42% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (24.4 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●45.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼42.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲57.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.15 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14 | −8.9 |
| Sixth form college | 9.1 | −0.3 |
| Further education | 65.1 | +11 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.2 | −2.7 |
| Employment | 0.5 | −1.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.8 | +1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.7 | +0.9 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 students | D+ (24.4) | Average 0.00 | |
| 12 students | D+ (24.6) | Average +0.01 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 26 | B- (36.1) | +0.65 |
| 2022/23 | 26 | C (30.1) | — |
| 2021/22 | 46 | B- (36.3) | — |
| 2018/19 | 22 | C- (25) | +0.31 |
| 2017/18 | 58 | C- (27) | -0.32 |
| 2016/17 | 66 | C+ (33) | +0.21 |
| 2015/16 | 76 | C (29.6) | -0.24 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 57.6 | +10.1 |
| Further education | 3 | +1.3 |
| Apprenticeship | 15.2 | +8.4 |
| Employment | 18.2 | −12.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.1 | −5.8 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 22 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for The Cedars Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 21 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jan 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120252), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good 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 Feb 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120252)
What parents said
53% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (62 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 53%
- Replies
- 62
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 45% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (31%) with SEND