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Leicester High School for Girls

Girls · ages 3–18 · with sixth form · Church of EnglandLeicester, East Midlands LE2 2PPSchool website
Pupils on roll
249of 435 places
Free school meals
Year 11 cohort 2025
34
Ofsted
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What the data says

The Department for Education has not published where Leicester High School for Girls’ Year 11 leavers went next (destination measures are not published for independent schools), so this page relies on the school’s results and subjects.

A level grades average B-, around the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leicester and England.

The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.645.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%40%41%
EBacc average point score3.244.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils35.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils50.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language55%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language3397%89%79%20%97%
English Literature3294%86%97%21%100%
History2574%41%72%26%96%
Drama2162%7%52%27%100%
Spanish1853%19%67%27%100%
Art and Design1544%7%80%24%100%
Geography1441%41%71%25%100%
Religious Studies824%31%100%32%100%
Computer Science824%13%50%30%75%
French721%18%57%29%100%
Physical Education412%11%24%
Food Preparation and Nutrition412%8%21%
Arabic13%1%47%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study44
— of whom A level students182,183261,341
Average A level gradeB-C+B-
Average points per A level entry36.4932.2735.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsB-C+B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects22%13%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Chemistry1056%17%
Mathematics950%31%
Biology844%20%
Psychology739%23%
Computer Science5%
English Literature11%
Philosophy1%
Art and Design1%
Further Mathematics5%
Physics12%
Sociology13%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)

Other secondary schools in Leicester

Babington Academy

Academy converter · 1,339 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.