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East Leake Academy

Secondary · Loughborough · LE12 6QN

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

1,118 pupils · 89% of 1,262 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.eastleake-ac.org.uk
URN
138964

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 184 families named it first for 206 Year 7 places, 0.89 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 4.87 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 3 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2024 to 2026. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.89 first-choice applications per place

206 places offered · 184 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

The distance published for 2026 entry is not shown here.

It is far outside anything this school's other years or comparable schools show, so it would not tell you how close you need to live.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 4.87 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

173 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
50.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
76.9%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
57.8%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.3
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
33.5
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.4
Median of its 12 closest peers46.4
Nottinghamshire average46.4
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Penair SchoolTruro · 243 miles awayGood49.1
Darton AcademyBarnsley · 54 miles awayGood52.1
Wrotham SchoolSevenoaks · 123 miles awayGood (2019)39.5
Brockington CollegeLeicester · 17 miles awayRequires improvement46.8
St Catherine's CollegeEastbourne · 155 miles awayGood47.6
Chichester Free SchoolChichester · 140 miles awayGood44.9
Cox Green SchoolMaidenhead · 93 miles awayRequires improvement45.9
Samuel Ward AcademyHaverhill · 86 miles awayGood43.8
Hungerhill SchoolDoncaster · 50 miles awayOutstanding49.2
Tuxford AcademyNewark · 30 miles awayGood46
Landau Forte Academy, QEMSTamworth · 26 miles awayExpected standard49.6
The National CofE AcademyNottingham · 15 miles awayGood42.6

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 82% (Nottinghamshire 76%, England 59%) · Any other White background 5% (Nottinghamshire 6%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 2%) · Black African 1% (Nottinghamshire 3%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Nottinghamshire 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Nottinghamshire 1%, England 3%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.3%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

23.44 suspensions per 100 pupils and 8 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Nottinghamshire: 30.39 suspensions and 0.25 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £54,498; 11.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,730
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 2% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance -£69,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
54%
Apprenticeship
9%
Employment
21%
Any sustained destination
91%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher39%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.5%62.3%
Social housing20.7%17.1%
Privately rented8.8%20.5%
Detached houses43.9%22.9%
Flats4.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms31.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01028387 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£290,000227 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£235,000–£387,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (124)£378,000
Semi-detached (68)£247,500
Terraced (21)£239,000
Flat (14)£166,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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