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Judgemeadow Community College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLeicester, East Midlands · Leicester LE5 6HPTrust: Lionheart Educational Trust
Pupils on roll
975of 1,230 places
Free school meals
25.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
236
Ofsted
Good, 4 October 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Judgemeadow Community College (URN 120287, until 28 February 2018).

What the data says

Judgemeadow Community College has no sixth form. Of the 285 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 52% moved to a sixth form college and 13% to a further education college.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 52% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leicester, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

This school
Leicester
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort2854,326607,348
Any sustained destination92%89%92%
Stayed in education91%87%86%
— school sixth form25%18%34%
— sixth form college52%38%13%
— further education college13%29%37%
— other education2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination3%6%6%
Destination unknown5%5%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)46.745.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths63%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects83%40%41%
EBacc average point score4.414.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort23%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils40.535.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.650.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language34%55%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 Language236100%89%12%20%64%
Mathematics236100%88%16%22%69%
English Literature23198%86%15%21%74%
Religious Studies22696%31%19%32%59%
Combined Science17976%65%5%9%55%
History12051%41%18%26%49%
Spanish11850%19%15%27%73%
Geography10846%41%19%25%67%
French7632%18%20%29%61%
Biology5724%23%33%45%95%
Media Studies5624%4%18%20%55%
Chemistry5624%23%43%47%96%
Physics5624%23%36%46%96%
Design and Technology5423%11%9%23%50%
Computer Science5021%13%44%30%92%
Fine Art4519%9%9%28%76%
Food Preparation and Nutrition4519%8%9%21%64%
Sociology4117%4%51%21%88%
Physical Education156%11%7%24%20%
Italian115%0%100%53%100%
Gujarati21%0%57%
Polish10%1%84%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction76
Childcare Skills43
Sports Studies20
Speech and Drama7

Other secondary schools in Leicester

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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.