English Martyrs' Catholic School, Leicester

At age 16 (%)

At age 18 (%)

'Academic' destinations refer to sixth form or higher education. 'Vocational' ones refer to further education, apprenticeships or employment. Neither is intrinsically better or worse, and this balance is not used in calculating the indicator score. Data are from 2022.

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2022. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

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English Martyrs' Catholic School

Anstey Lane, Leicester LE4 0FJ

https://www.englishmartyrs.org/

English Martyrs' Catholic School is a non-selective, Roman Catholic academy. It has about 1,160 boys and girls aged between 11 and 19. In May 2023 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

This school is a member of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust. (Other schools in this trust include St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy, De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire and Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy.)

Particular strengths include Attendance, Destinations, Sixth form and Attainment. Relative weaknesses include Admissions and Representation.

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Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.2		Beaumont Leys School
0.7		Babington Academy
1.2		Castle Mead Academy
1.2		New College Leicester
1.3		Brook Mead Academy
1.9		Rushey Mead Academy
1.9		Fullhurst Community College
2.1		Moat Community College
2.2		Soar Valley College
2.2		The Martin High School Anstey
2.6		The Winstanley School
2.9		The Cedars Academy

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Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Destinations: Excellent. The proportion of students going on to education or training at 16 is very high, while at 18 (allowing for attainment) it is quite high.

Sixth form: Excellent. Attainment is excellent, progress is about average and destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are above average.

Attainment: Above average. Up to age 16 it is above average, while at ages 16-18 it is excellent. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Disadvantaged pupils: Above average. Progress up to age 16 is about average. Destinations at 16 are above average. Progress at 16-18 is above average. Destinations at 18 (allowing for attainment) are about average.

Progress: About average. Progress up to the ages of 16 and 18 are both about average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For information about actual grades, see Attainment.)

Environment: About average. Air pollution, traffic accidents and crime are all roughly average.

Representation: Out of balance. The socio-economic mix is out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is slightly out of balance with the local community.

Admissions: Poor. The occupancy rate is very high and the offer rate is very low. There is no compulsory entrance exam.

Schools often provide or emphasise different subjects, especially in fields such as languages and the arts. The charts below show the relative popularities of exam subjects commonly sat at this school.

Popular GCSE subjects

Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

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Proportions of pupils entering in 2023

Provision for special educational needs

Autistic spectrum disorder

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