The Roundhill Academy

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address 997 Melton Road
Thurmaston
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE4 8GQ
Phone 01162693896
Reference Number 138079

General Makeup

Number of pupils 794
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.74%
Girls: 51.26%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 20.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 18.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23.9

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 71 66 137
8 71 80 151
9 92 81 173
10 71 81 152
11 82 99 181

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 61.8%
Indian 19.9%
White, Other 5.2%
White & Asian 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.4%
Asian, Other 1.6%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
African 1.4%
Chinese 0.6%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Unclassified 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
Last Inspection Date 2023-09-27
Date Description Report
2023-07-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2022-12-06 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-09-25 Monitoring visit Monitoring visit
2017-10-10 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2014-02-05 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2012-08-10 Academy conversion letter Academy conversion letter
Previously as Roundhill Community College
2010-11-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-09-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 Full inspection Full inspection
2010-11-03 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-09-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2004-02-02 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 49.4% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 64.4% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 134 9
Third Preference 47 2
From another Local Authority 32 18

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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