Sir Jonathan North Girls' College

State school · Girls · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLeicester, Leicester LE2school website

Almost all Year 11 leavers stay in education, in line with the England rate; most to a sixth form college (51%).

Where this school leads
90%

of Year 11 leavers stayed in education · Leicester 87% · England 86% · DfE destination measures, pupils who left in 2023

Knowledge sphere of Sir Jonathan North Girls' College: 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): 71%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): 34%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): 38%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): 6%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): 38%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): 8%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): 8%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): 7%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): 19%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): 47%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
Inspected
Places
—
Pupils
1,115
Free school meals
31.5%

Ofsted: Short inspection, 14 January 2025: see the report · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Leicester’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 1,200 places. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Sir Jonathan North Community College (URN 120279, until 1 September 2018).

After Year 11 · age 16

Where do pupils go at 16?

90%stayed in education after Year 11
This school90%
Leicester87%
England86%

DfE Key Stage 4 destination measures · 241 pupils who left Year 11 in 2023

Sir Jonathan North Girls' College has no sixth form. Of the 241 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 51% moved to a sixth form college, 17% 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
MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Pupils in the cohort2414,326607,348
Any sustained destination91%89%92%
Stayed in education90%87%86%
— school sixth form20%18%34%
— sixth form college51%38%13%
— further education college17%29%37%
— other education2%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination6%6%6%
Destination unknown3%5%3%
Universities · named

Which universities did they go to?

1university has told us how many applied, were offered a place and enrolled

Named universities — most schools do not publish this; the official DfE figures above only say how many went to university and how selective those universities were.

universities’ answers to sch.today’s Freedom of Information requests · request tracker

What universities’ own admissions data say2

For each entry year: how many of this school’s students applied, received an offer and enrolled. Counts under five are shown as “<5” to protect individuals. Applications exclude Clearing; enrolments are students who completed registration.

UniversityEntry yearAppliedOffersEnrolled
University of Bristol2024<5<5—
2023<5<5—

A university’s enrolment count and a school’s own destinations list can differ: the school counts places accepted in the summer, the university counts students registered in the autumn.

GCSE · Year 11 · 2025

How do GCSE results compare?

52.6Attainment 8 score, out of 90
This school52.6
Leicester45.5
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 · 240 pupils in Year 11

31% of pupils here are disadvantaged (England 28%). Disadvantaged pupils here scored 41.1 — above disadvantaged pupils across England (34.9).

54% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Leicester 43%, 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
MeasureThis schoolLeicesterEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)52.645.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%43%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths75%63%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects90%40%41%
EBacc average point score5.094.024.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort31%32%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils41.135.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils57.850.150.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)———
English as an additional language38%55%19%
Subjects · 2025

What do pupils study?

61.11%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

French stands out at GCSE — 47% of the year group took it, against 18% across England.

Language & Communication71%
Green & Sustainability47%
Natural Sciences38%
Health & Safety38%
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 subjects32

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
English Language23698%89%30%20%83%
Mathematics23698%88%26%22%77%
English Literature22895%86%34%21%86%
Combined Science17673%65%10%9%72%
Geography14159%41%29%25%71%
French11247%18%28%29%89%
Spanish10343%19%25%27%77%
History8535%41%32%26%66%
Citizenship Studies6427%3%28%19%80%
Business Studies5724%18%23%20%65%
Fine Art5423%9%22%28%57%
Physics5322%23%70%46%100%
Biology5322%23%64%45%100%
Chemistry5322%23%68%47%100%
Religious Studies4218%31%43%32%88%
Design and Technology3314%11%39%23%82%
Computer Science2711%13%19%30%52%
Film Studies2510%1%68%20%88%
Music229%5%9%33%82%
Drama229%7%18%27%86%
Dance177%1%6%27%59%
Statistics156%5%67%20%100%
Food Preparation and Nutrition146%8%0%21%86%
Arabic63%1%83%47%100%
Italian21%0%—53%—
Turkish21%0%—71%—
Urdu21%1%—42%—
Polish21%1%—84%—
Chinese10%1%—75%—
Portuguese10%0%—50%—
German10%5%—33%—
Punjabi10%0%—48%—
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications4
SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction23——
Sports Studies19——
Hospitality / Catering Studies15——
Health Studies3——
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Language & Communication77%
Green & Sustainability56%
Natural Sciences50%
Health & Safety49%
Mathematics & Statistics42%
Engineering & Manufacturing41%
Transversal Skills31%
Arts & Humanities24%
Digital & ICT Skills20%
Law & Public Administration15%
Social & Cultural Skills12%
Business & Administration10%

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

fraction 15.8percentage 11.0vocabulary 10.8ratio 10.8gradient 8.9translation 8.9reflection 7.7power 7.6particle model 7.1equation 7.0grammar 6.9root 6.9audience 6.7energy transfer 6.3area 6.3standard form 6.2purpose 6.2scale 6.0formulae 6.0opinion 5.8theme 5.8impact 5.8inference 5.7evidence 5.5

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 5 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
Storyboard artistLevel 7 degree apprenticeship · creative and design · uses presentation, accuracy, interpretation from Art and Design, Drama, English Language and 6 more · jobs: storyboard artist
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
Production assistant - screen and audioLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · creative and design · uses spelling, punctuation, grammar from English Literature, English, Modern Foreign Language · jobs: factory hand, supply chain assistant, management assistant
Peer workerLevel 3 (advanced) apprenticeship · health and science · uses power, accuracy, identity from Citizenship Studies, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Language and 4 more · jobs: social work assistant
Admissions

How do you get a place?

The last distance at which Sir Jonathan North Girls' College offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Leicester’s allocation statistics.

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