Secondary
The City of Leicester College
Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1499 of 1614 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2026
- AchievementStrong standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2019
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
GCSE results
52%
49.1
16th of 31 by our score, among the secondary schools in Leicester we can score - 37 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 49.1 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.93 |
| Entered the EBacc | 8% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| A level average points per entry | 34.02 |
| A level students | 126 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 29.1 |
| 24/25 | 34.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 48.7 |
| 24/25 | 49.1 |
Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Leicester admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ken Vernon
- Address
- Downing Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6LN
- Telephone
- 01162413984