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Lancaster Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Knighton Lane East, Leicester LE2 6FU · lancaster.lwlat.org.uk · 0116 270 3176
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 37.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 883
- 74% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 42.9%
- First language not English
- 43.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 88 families put the school first and 156 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 | 156 | 88 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 145 | 93 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 139 | 78 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 84 | 65 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 118 | 85 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 37.5, and 26.1% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼37.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.1% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼45.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼14.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.10 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120283)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.5 | +1.9 |
| Sixth form college | 43 | +2.5 |
| Further education | 34.5 | +1.2 |
| Employment | 2.5 | −0.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 11 | +1.8 |
| Activity not captured | 4.5 | −5.2 |
Ofsted
Lancaster Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Feb 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120283), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2016Inadequate
Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120283)
What parents said
72% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (36 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 72%
- Replies
- 36
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 94% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (39%) with SEND