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North Leamington School

Secondary Ages 11-18 1,482 pupils Leamington Spa

North Leamington School is an academy converter in Leamington Spa for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 1,482 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 56.9, and 67% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE. It has fewer teachers for its size than most secondary schools: 21.1 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 16.7 nationally.

GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Sandy Lane
Blackdown
Leamington Spa
Warwickshire
CV32 6RD
Phone 01926338711
Reference Number 142202

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1482
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.99%
Girls: 51.01%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.5%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 13.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 131 109 240
8 112 127 239
9 111 128 239
10 107 131 238
11 125 115 240
12 70 73 143
13 70 73 143

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 71.2%
White, Other 8.4%
Indian 5.5%
White & Asian 3.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.3%
Chinese 1.9%
Mixed, Other 1.5%
Asian, Other 1.5%
African 0.9%
Pakistani 0.8%
White & Black (African) 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
Caribbean 0.3%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Mar 2025 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Mar 2025 School inspection
24 Sep 2019 School inspection
10 Nov 2016 Academy conversion letter
11 Feb 2014 Full inspection:
Previously as North Leamington School
22 Jan 2013 Curriculum and development visit
15 Mar 2011 Full inspection:
30 Sep 2008 Curriculum and development visit
21 Nov 2007 Full inspection:
20 Sep 2004 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)
56.9

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 67.2%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 78.2%

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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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade B- C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- C+ C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 15.3%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 204 13
Third Preference 120 2
From another Local Authority 5 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 North Leamington School had 1,466 pupils for 1,500 places. 34 places (2.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Warwick & Leamington Secondary” planning area

Warwickshire counted 1,054 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,026 in 2031–32, down 3%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 1,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,5001,500
Pupils 1,3541,3521,3781,4641,4501,4491,4831,466
Unfilled 9.7%9.9%8.1%2.4%3.3%3.4%1.1%2.3%

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 North Leamington School attended 92.4% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 16.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.9%3.6%3.5%6.3%5.4%5.4%5.2%
Unauthorised absence 1.3%1.4%1.1%2.1%2.7%2.6%2.4%
Severely absent pupils 1.6%1.4%1.4%2.4%4.0%4.0%4.4%

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, 1.5% of pupils at North Leamington School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

20182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.54.54.93.98.75.76.54.7
Permanent exclusions 53123431

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 North Leamington School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 11.011.312.212.512.211.510.610.810.712.1
Teachers who left state teaching 6.1%13.0%12.7%10.5%9.1%9.7%8.7%4.5%4.6%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –71.6%79.8%–64.9%81.4%0.0%65.7%67.0%–
Sick days per teacher –2.94.2–4.06.10.04.22.8–

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, 14.2% of pupils at North Leamington School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Other difficulty or disability 57 2
Social, emotional and mental health 34 16
Specific learning difficulty 46 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 27 18
Moderate learning difficulty 17 6
No specialist assessment of need 20 0
Speech, language and communication needs 6 6
Physical disability 2 1
Down's syndrome 0 2
Hearing impairment 1 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 North Leamington School received £7,835 and spent £7,761 for each of its 1,476 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,062,000 (£720 per pupil).

Across all 2 schools of Elm Tree Multi Academy Trust, income was £7,443 and spending £7,418 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £1,309,000£1,320,000£1,621,000£1,576,000£1,502,000£1,052,000£1,062,000
per pupil £944£904£1,109£1,083£1,038£708£720
In-year balance £177,000£33,000£304,000-£46,000-£74,000-£387,000£110,000
per pupil £128£23£208-£32-£51-£261£74

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.

Name Distance
Telford Junior School
Telford Avenue, Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7HP
0.44 miles
Telford Infant School
Kelvin Road, Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7TE
0.52 miles
Lillington Primary School
Cubbington Road, Lillington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7AG
0.65 miles
Our Lady and St Teresa's Catholic Primary School
Windmill Hill, Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7LN
0.96 miles
Milverton Primary School
Greatheed Road, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6ES
1.09 miles
St Paul's CofE Primary School, Leamington Spa
Upper Holly Walk, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 4JZ
1.24 miles
Brookhurst Primary School
Ullswater Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6NH
1.46 miles
Cubbington CofE Primary School
Church Hill, Cubbington, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 7JY
1.46 miles
St Peter's Catholic Primary Academy
Augusta Place, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5EL
1.48 miles
St Anthony's Catholic Primary Academy
Sydenham Drive, St. Anthony's Catholic Primary Scho, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1NJ
1.86 miles
Clapham Terrace Community Primary School and Nursery
Clapham Terrace, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1HZ
1.88 miles
All Saints Church of England Academy
Warwick Road, Leek Wootton, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV35 7QR
2.03 miles
Shrubland Street Community Primary School
Shrubland Street, Shrubland Street Community School, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 2AR
2.12 miles
Emscote Infant School
All Saints Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5NH
2.15 miles
All Saints' CofE Junior School
Nelson Avenue, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5LY
2.16 miles
Kingsway Community Primary School
Baker Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV31 3HB
2.19 miles
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Cashmore Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 3EU
2.23 miles
Sydenham Primary School
Calder Walk, Sydenham, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1SA
2.27 miles
Whitnash Nursery School
Nursery Lane, Leamington Spa, CV31 2PW
2.42 miles
Radford Semele CofE Primary School
School Lane, Radford Semele, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1TQ
2.58 miles
Name Distance
Arnold Lodge School
15-17 Kenilworth Road, Leamington Spa, CV32 5TW
0.89 miles
The Kingsley School
Beauchamp Avenue, Leamington Spa, CV32 5RD
1.11 miles
Trinity Catholic School
Guy's Cliffe Avenue, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6NB
1.31 miles
Warwickshire College Group
Warwick New Road, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5JE
1.62 miles
The Emscote School
Nelsons Lane, Nelsons Lane Industrial Estate, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5JB
2.36 miles
Campion School
Sydenham Drive, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV31 1QH
2.44 miles
Myton School
Myton Road, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6PJ
2.54 miles
Arise Education
Little Pinum, Shuckburgh Road, Priors Marston, CV47 7RY
2.6 miles
Evergreen School
Deansway, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 5DF
2.77 miles
Warwick School
Myton Road, Warwick, CV34 6PP
2.81 miles
Kenilworth School and Sixth Form
Glasshouse Lane, Kenilworth, CV8 2AL
2.82 miles
King's High School
Banbury Road, Warwickshire, CV34 6YE
2.91 miles
Oakley School
Quercus Way, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV33 9WN
3.67 miles
Woodfield
Stoneleigh Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 7AB
4 miles
Aylesford School Warwick
Tapping Way, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV34 6XR
4.07 miles
Brickyard Barn Outdoor Learning Centre
Brickyard Barn, Mallory Road, Bishops Tachbrook, CV33 9QD
4.23 miles
Bishop Ullathorne Catholic School
Leasowes Avenue, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 6BH
4.86 miles
Princethorpe College
Leamington Road, Rugby, CV23 9PX
4.91 miles

All schools in Leamington Spa · Warwickshire local authority: places and applications

North Leamington School is part of Elm Tree Multi Academy Trust, which runs 2 schools. The nearest others:

How many pupils does North Leamington School have?

North Leamington School has 1,482 pupils on roll.

What age range does North Leamington School cover?

North Leamington School for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are North Leamington School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 56.9, and 67% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is North Leamington School?

North Leamington School is at Sandy Lane, Blackdown, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 6RD.

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