Manor High School

State school · Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLeicestershire, Leicester LE2school website

Almost all Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a sixth form college (46%).

Where this school leads
93%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Leicestershire 85% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Manor High School: fields of knowledge mapped by the subjects taken here, by ISCED levelLanguage & Communication · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Language & Communication · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 72%Language & Communication · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Language & Communication · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 35%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Mathematics & Statistics · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Natural Sciences · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 40%Natural Sciences · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Natural Sciences · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Digital & ICT Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 36%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Engineering & Manufacturing · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Health & Safety · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 40%Health & Safety · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Health & Safety · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Business & Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 11%Business & Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Business & Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 1%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Law & Public Administration · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 5%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Social & Cultural Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 16%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Arts & Humanities · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Transversal Skills · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 20%Transversal Skills · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Transversal Skills · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 1 Primary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 2 Lower secondary (Key Stage 3): 100%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 3 Upper secondary (GCSE, A level): 48%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 4 Post-secondary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 5 Short-cycle tertiary: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 6 Bachelor's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 7 Master's: 0%Green & Sustainability · ISCED 8 Doctoral: 0%LanguageMathsScienceICTEngineeringHealthBusinessLawSocialArtsTransversalGreen
Ofsted
Standards kept
Places
—
Pupils
941
Free school meals
11.5%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 4 July 2024: the last full grade still stands · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Leicestershire’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,050 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Manor High School Oadby (URN 120263, until 1 August 2011).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

93%stayed in education after Year 11
This school93%
Leicestershire85%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 179 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Manor High School has no sixth form. Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 46% moved to a sixth form college, 11% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Stayed in education — counted only if the pupil was still there for two terms of the next year; apprenticeships and jobs are counted the same way.

Full breakdown11
MeasureManor High SchoolLeicestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort1797,799607,348
Any sustained destination95%93%92%
Stayed in education93%85%86%
— school sixth form34%28%34%
— sixth form college46%10%13%
— further education college11%44%37%
— other education3%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%5%3%
Employment1%3%3%
No sustained destination4%5%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%
GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

58.9Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school58.9
Leicestershire46.2
England46.1

Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.

DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 176 pupils in Year 11

15% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 42.7 — above disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

72% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Leicestershire 47%, England 45%).

Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.

All GCSE measures10
MeasureManor High SchoolLeicestershireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)58.946.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths72%47%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%67%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects92%42%41%
EBacc average point score5.724.134.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort15%19%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils42.732.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils61.749.550.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language15%8%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

61.80%of the Key Stage 3 and GCSE curriculum mapped by the subjects taken here

Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.

DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today

Media Studies stands out at GCSE — 21% of the year group took it, against 4% across England.

Language & Communication72%
Green & Sustainability48%
Health & Safety40%
Natural Sciences40%
Engineering & Manufacturing36%

Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.

GCSE subjects27

Entries 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
Mathematics17599%88%43%22%85%
English Language17499%89%40%20%86%
English Literature17499%86%45%21%89%
Combined Science12973%65%31%9%76%
History9152%41%26%26%71%
Geography9051%41%51%25%87%
Spanish8347%19%23%27%82%
French8347%18%41%29%87%
Business Studies6436%18%63%20%97%
Computer Science6436%13%39%30%89%
Physics4526%23%69%46%100%
Chemistry4526%23%64%47%100%
Biology4526%23%69%45%100%
Media Studies3721%4%32%20%86%
Design and Technology1810%11%33%23%72%
Physical Education127%11%8%24%75%
Statistics106%5%90%20%100%
Fine Art95%9%44%28%100%
Music85%5%50%33%75%
Drama74%7%0%27%57%
Food Preparation and Nutrition63%8%67%21%100%
Arabic32%1%—47%—
Urdu11%1%—42%—
Turkish11%0%—71%—
Punjabi11%0%—48%—
Italian11%0%—53%—
German11%5%—33%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications4
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Small Business Management26——
Computer Appreciation / Introduction26——
Sports Studies22——
Personal Health6——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication78%
Green & Sustainability57%
Natural Sciences52%
Health & Safety51%
Mathematics & Statistics42%
Engineering & Manufacturing42%
Transversal Skills32%
Digital & ICT Skills29%
Arts & Humanities24%
Business & Administration14%
Social & Cultural Skills9%
Law & Public Administration8%

Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:

fraction 15.9percentage 11.2vocabulary 10.9ratio 10.8gradient 9.0translation 8.9reflection 7.7power 7.7particle model 7.2equation 7.0root 7.0grammar 7.0audience 6.7energy transfer 6.5standard form 6.3area 6.2purpose 6.0formulae 6.0impact 5.9theme 5.9opinion 5.9scale 5.8evidence 5.8inference 5.7

Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.

Careers

Which jobs use what’s taught here?

12apprenticeship standards closely match the subjects pupils take

A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.

Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.

Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works

Water industry asset maintenance technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, area, unit conversion from Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry and 9 more · jobs: consumer electronics repair technician, industrial electrician, electrician
Process industry manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses pressure, conservation of mass, energy change from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 4 more · jobs: chemical engineering technician, chemical manufacturing quality technician, chemical production manager
ScientistLevel 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses conclusion, data interpretation, sampling technique from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: physicist, analytical chemist, geneticist
More apprenticeships9
Geoscientist (integrated degree)Level 6 degree apprenticeship · health and science · uses data interpretation, climate change, data collection from Biology, Chemistry, Geography and 4 more · jobs: geologist, geological engineer, exploration geologist
Science manufacturing technician 2023Level 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses unit conversion, graph, pressure from Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and 2 more · jobs: pharmaceutical engineer, chemical manufacturing quality technician, pharmacy technician
Battery manufacturing technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses area, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and 2 more · jobs: battery test technician
Data technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · digital · uses mean, integer, chart from Business Studies, Computer Science, English Language and 6 more · jobs: data analyst, database administrator, data scientist
Non-destructive technologies technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses ratio, measurement, data interpretation from Biology, Design and Technology, Geography and 4 more
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, Media Studies, English and 1 more · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Water industry network technicianLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · engineering and manufacturing · uses standard form, unit conversion, volume from Chemistry, Design and Technology, Mathematics and 3 more · jobs: sewerage network operative, product quality inspector, sewerage maintenance technician
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses presentation, accuracy, interpretation from Art and Design, Drama, English Language and 7 more · jobs: storyboard artist
Artificial intelligence (AI) data specialistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · digital · uses presentation, experimental design, scientific method from Biology, Computer Science, English Language and 4 more · jobs: ICT intelligent systems designer
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Manor High School offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Leicestershire’s allocation statistics.

  1. 31 OctApply to Leicestershire in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
  2. 1 MarNational Offer Day
Leicestershire

Compare with nearby schools

Stayed in education at 16 · Attainment 8 · pupils

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.