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Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Knighton Lane East, Leicester LE2 6FU · sirjonathannorth.org.uk · 0116 270 8116
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 52.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,115
- 93% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.5%
- First language not English
- 32.7%
- 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, 177 families put the school first and 229 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 | 229 | 177 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 205 | 154 | 0.8 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 205 | 157 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 211 | 172 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 221 | 173 | 0.8 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 52.6, and 53.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲52.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲53.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲89.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.09 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120279)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 20.2 | −6.1 |
| Sixth form college | 49.4 | +2.9 |
| Further education | 18.1 | +1.6 |
| Other education | 0.4 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.8 | −0.8 |
| Employment | 0.8 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.3 | −2.9 |
| Activity not captured | 7 | +4.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Sir Jonathan North Girls' College on 14 January 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120279), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Oct 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120279)
Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120279)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (273 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 273
- 24% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 91% who raised concerns
based on the 85% who had a child bullied
based on 41 parents (15%) with SEND