Secondary school

St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy

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  • ages 11–18
  • Mixed
  • Roman Catholic
  • Leicester
  • LE5 6HN
  • Sixth form
Ofsted Good · inspected Jan 2018

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 523 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 16%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 57%57%2016/17: top 56%2017/18: top 41%2018/19: top 59%2021/22: top 41%2022/23: top 30%2023/24: top 29%2024/25: top 16%No exams

A-level results

#57 of 190 East Midlands sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against East Midlands

Attainment 854.5 · East Midlands 459/10 Top 20%+24.9 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths57.4% · East Midlands 41.6%9/10 Top 20%+33 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.63 · East Midlands 3.928/10 Above+20.9 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.30 · East Midlands −0.068/10 Above+37.9 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry35.74 · East Midlands 33.228/10 Above
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 49.3 · 176 pupils · East Midlands 49.32016/17: 45 · 178 pupils · East Midlands 452017/18: 47.5 · 167 pupils · East Midlands 44.652018/19: 44.5 · 182 pupils · East Midlands 45.72021/22: 50.2 · 185 pupils · East Midlands 47.52022/23: 50.1 · 214 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 50 · 184 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 54.5 · 183 pupils · East Midlands 45.0554.544.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 41% · 178 pupils · East Midlands 39%2017/18: 40% · 167 pupils · East Midlands 39.5%2018/19: 37% · 182 pupils · East Midlands 40%2021/22: 46% · 185 pupils · East Midlands 46%2022/23: 50% · 214 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 50% · 184 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 57.4% · 183 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%57.4%37%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 25.65 · 84 pupils · East Midlands 28.712016/17: 30.46 · 96 pupils · East Midlands 28.822017/18: 29.59 · 68 pupils · East Midlands 29.892018/19: 28.86 · 76 pupils · East Midlands 30.462021/22: 38.96 · 84 pupils · East Midlands 36.542022/23: 34.11 · 94 pupils · East Midlands 32.222023/24: 31.78 · 80 pupils · East Midlands 31.622024/25: 35.74 · 79 pupils · East Midlands 33.2238.9625.65No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in81.5%
176 of 216 who put it first2014 · 90.4%2026 · 81.5%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st216176
2nd927
3rd561

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2008–2023

  1. 2008Goodas predecessor
  2. 2012Goodas predecessor
  3. 2015Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2016Ungraded visitas predecessor
  5. 2018Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • 16 to 19 study programmes
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,167
Free school meals (past 6 years)19.5%
First language not English49.1%
SEN support12.3%
EHC plan1.4%
Absence (sessions missed)6.7%
Persistently absent pupils18.4%

Girls 49.3%Boys 50.7%

102.2% full · 1,142 places · 209 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.2
Pupils per adult15.9
  • Classroom teachers 48.5
  • Leadership 4
  • Teaching assistants 10.3
  • Other support 24.2

Teachers 52.5 FTE · Whole workforce 87 · 108 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,080
Spend per pupil£7,132
Staff spend per pupil£5,594
Reserve per pupil−£695
  • −£796,000revenue reserve
  • −£59,000in-year balance

Grants £6,840 · self-generated £306 · premises £368 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: ST THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST (23 academies) · trust reserve £2,162,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

184 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained96.2%
  • Education94%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment1.1%
  • Not sustained2.7%
  • Unknown1.1%

After sixth form (16–18)

83 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained89.2%
  • Education68.7%
  • Higher education67.5%
  • Apprenticeship7.2%
  • Employment13.3%
  • Not sustained6%
  • Unknown4.8%