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Judgemeadow Community College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Marydene Drive, Evington, Leicester LE5 6HP · 0116 241 1920
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.5
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 975
- 79% of 1,230 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.5%
- First language not English
- 31.4%
- 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, 83 families put the school first and 168 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 | 168 | 83 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 158 | 88 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 150 | 80 | 0.5 | 99% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 151 | 114 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 178 | 127 | 0.7 | 99% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.7, and 36.9% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼36.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼62.7% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲83.1% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.41 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120287)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 25.8 | +1 |
| Sixth form college | 49.6 | −6.5 |
| Further education | 16.8 | +4.6 |
| Other education | 0.4 | — |
| Employment | 0.4 | −0.6 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.1 | −0.3 |
| Activity not captured | 3.9 | +1.5 |
Ofsted
Judgemeadow Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 4 October 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 4 Oct 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Dec 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120287), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120287)
Apr 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120287)
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (49 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 49
- 4% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 86% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied