Heath Lane Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Leicestershire
Heath Lane, Leicester, LE9 7PD
50
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.5%
28.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
644
Capacity used
Has space81%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
107 of 107 families who put it first got an offer
111
Places offered
173
Total applications
1.6
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 107 | 107 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 25 | 2 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 15 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–5th) | 26 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 173 | 109 | 63% |
1st preference success by year
Leicestershire lets families list 5 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Mark Trimingham
- Address
- Heath Lane, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7PD
- Phone
- 01455845061
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Earl Shilton · Hinckley and Bosworth
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 138327
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 30% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 4% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: UNITED LEARNING TRUST
644 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
26 February 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 708 pupils
Attendance
89.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
28.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.8%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 35.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.55 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 30% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 47% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 2.97 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 34.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 55.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 19.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.42 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 137 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 24.49 | 35 |
| Average grade | D+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 0% | 17% |
| A-level students | 16 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 136 | 9% | 43% | 65% | |
| English Language | 136 | 9% | 32% | 53% | |
| English Literature | 132 | 11% | 47% | 64% | |
| Combined Science | 115 | 0% | 25% | 46% | |
| Art and Design | 70 | 3% | 34% | 64% | |
| Geography | 67 | 10% | 33% | 52% | |
| History | 56 | 20% | 45% | 57% | |
| Design & Technology | 44 | 0% | 27% | 36% | |
| French | 28 | 0% | 32% | 43% | |
| Computer Science | 24 | 0% | 4% | 25% | |
| Biology | 21 | 29% | 95% | 100% | |
| Physics | 21 | 19% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Leicestershire council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.