Crown Hills Community College

Crown Hills Community College is performing exceptionally well. Inspectors found all key judgements to be outstanding, with pupils demonstrating exemplary behaviour, hard work and pride in their school. The curriculum is aspirational and well designed, pupils achieve well, and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities thrive alongside their peers. There is a strong sense of community built on tolerance and mutual respect across a diverse pupil body. Teaching is expert and carefully adapted so all pupils can access learning, including weak readers and pupils who speak English as an additional language. Personal development is exceptionally strong, with an aspirational careers programme, wide enrichment opportunities and a strong emphasis on equality, British values and learning about different faiths and cultures. Attendance is excellent, safeguarding is effective, and the school has strong links with the local community and families. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic and its previous inspection grade was Good. The report notes visionary leadership, committed staff and strong governance, with governors prioritising staff well-being while providing challenge to leaders. Under the current inspection framework, the school did not receive an overall effectiveness grade.

Strengths

• Pupils show exceptionally positive attitudes and commitment to school life
• A strong community culture is built on tolerance and mutual respect
• The curriculum is aspirational, challenging and well designed
• Pupils, including those with SEND, achieve well and thrive
• Teachers deliver the curriculum expertly and check recall carefully
• Staff quickly identify gaps or misconceptions and correct them
• Pupils with additional needs receive well-adapted support
• Weak readers and pupils with English as an additional language are well supported
• Behaviour is exemplary and pupils move around school calmly
• Personal development prepares pupils exceptionally well for adulthood
• The careers programme is aspirational and includes personalised advice and work experience
• Enrichment is exceptional, including sports, clubs and memorable trips
• Attendance is excellent
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective
• Strong community links provide support and care for families
• Visionary leadership and committed governance support high-quality education

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Crown Hills Community College attended 93.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 19.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 10.0% of pupils at Crown Hills Community College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Crown Hills Community College had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 12.4% of pupils at Crown Hills Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Crown Hills Community College received £9,018 and spent £8,784 for each of its 1,493 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £4,173,000 (£2,795 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Crown Hills Community College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Crown Hills Community College is Outstanding, from an inspection in February 2025.

When was Crown Hills Community College last inspected by Ofsted?

Crown Hills Community College was last inspected in February 2025.

How many pupils does Crown Hills Community College have?

Crown Hills Community College has 1,493 pupils on roll.

What age range does Crown Hills Community College cover?

Crown Hills Community College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Crown Hills Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.6, and 51% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Crown Hills Community College?

Crown Hills Community College is at Gwendolen Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 5FT.