De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire

Term dates

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK

How places are given: as a Roman Catholic school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 262 families put this school as their first choice, and 211 places were offered. 198 of the families who put it first got a place (76%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Before and after school

This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:

• JM Football Sports Academy. Ofsted report

Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.

Ofsted inspection

Report card, 6 May 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Expected standard

Achievement

Expected standard

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Strong standard

Sixth form

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Expected standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–18

Pupils

1376 (capacity 1308)

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

Diocese

Diocese of Nottingham

Academy trust

ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Phone

01509268739

Address

Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ

Website

delisle.leics.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports