Academy · Leicester
The City of Leicester College
- Secondary
- Ages 11–19
- Sixth form
- Term dates checked
Term dates
This school's own term dates broadly match Leicester council's, so the council's dates are shown here. INSET days can differ, so check the school's calendar for those.
2026/27
2027/28
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: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 187 families put this school as their first choice, and 245 places were offered. 180 of the families who put it first got a place (96%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 245 | 187 | 96% |
| September 2025 | 244 | 186 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 247 | 218 | 91% |
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.
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
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Sixth form
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 26 November 2019. Overall: Requires improvement It was inspected as The City of Leicester College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).
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
- 11–19
- Pupils
- 1499 (capacity 1614)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Phone
- 01162413984
- Address
- Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
- Website
- cityleicester.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.