The Martin High School Anstey

The Martin High School is performing well, achieving a 'Good' rating in all inspection categories. Pupils enjoy positive relationships with staff and participate actively in a broad curriculum, with many extracurricular opportunities available. Despite a period of leadership instability affecting pupil outcomes, recent improvements in curriculum delivery and staff support are being effectively implemented to enhance educational quality. The school demonstrates a strong commitment to personal development, providing students with the guidance needed for their future educational and career choices. However, some concerns remain regarding the consistency of behavior management and the delivery of the curriculum across all classes.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy positive relationships with staff.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum that caters to a range of interests.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• High expectations for pupils' behavior are mostly met.
• Pupils have many opportunities for extra-curricular involvement.
• Staff feel supported professionally and appreciate their workload management.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent application of behavior management routines by staff.
• Insufficient checking of pupils' understanding in some lessons.
• Gaps in prior learning are not always identified.

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 The Martin High School Anstey attended 91.8% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 20.4% 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, 8.2% of pupils at The Martin High School Anstey were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 2 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 The Martin High School Anstey had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.5% 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, 8.2% of pupils at The Martin High School Anstey were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.6% 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 2024–25 The Martin High School Anstey received £7,661 and spent £7,427 for each of its 844 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,290,000 (£1,529 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Lionheart Educational Trust, income was £7,656 and spending £7,419 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Leicester · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

The Martin High School Anstey is part of Lionheart Educational Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Hallam Fields, Birstall Leicester
• Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre Leicester
• The Cedars Academy Leicester
• Riverside Community Primary School Birstall Leicester
• Beauchamp City Sixth Form Leicester
• Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough
• Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester
• Judgemeadow Community College Leicester
• The Castle Rock School Coalville
• Greenstone Primary School Coalville

What is The Martin High School Anstey's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Martin High School Anstey is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was The Martin High School Anstey last inspected by Ofsted?

The Martin High School Anstey was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does The Martin High School Anstey have?

The Martin High School Anstey has 781 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Martin High School Anstey cover?

The Martin High School Anstey for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are The Martin High School Anstey's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 47.3, and 46% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Martin High School Anstey?

The Martin High School Anstey is at Link Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 7EB.