Judgemeadow Community College

Judgemeadow Community College demonstrates good overall performance with strengths in promoting cultural diversity and providing a safe learning environment. The school fosters strong relationships between pupils and staff, and the effective pastoral support contributes to a positive atmosphere where most students feel safe and engaged. The leadership team is committed to improving academic success and personal development, ensuring that pupils are well-prepared for their future educational and career paths. However, the school is still addressing areas of underperformance, particularly in supporting some pupils with special educational needs and in ensuring consistent attendance across all demographics.

Strengths

• Celebrates cultural diversity in the school community.
• Effective personal development curriculum that teaches safety and world understanding.
• Strong pastoral support contributing to positive relationships with form tutors.
• High expectations set by staff for academic and social success.
• Systematic approach to supporting weaker and early readers.
• Established clear expectations of lesson routines enhancing learning.
• Strong subject expertise among teachers.
• Well-prepared pupils for the next stages of education, employment, or training.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND are not adequately supported in lessons.
• Attendance of certain pupil groups is too low, affecting learning.
• Teachers do not always make appropriate adaptations for pupils with SEND.
• The quality of extra support for literacy and numeracy is inconsistent.
• Key stage 3 curriculum lacks sufficient breadth and depth for all subjects.

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 Judgemeadow Community College attended 92.2% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 25.1% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Judgemeadow Community College were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). One pupil was 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 Judgemeadow Community College had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.8% 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, 10.4% of pupils at Judgemeadow Community College were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 0.5% 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 Judgemeadow Community College received £10,750 and spent £9,066 for each of its 1,034 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,581,000 (£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 · Leicester local authority: places and applications

Judgemeadow Community College is part of Lionheart Educational Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Beauchamp College Leicester
• Brocks Hill Primary School Leicester
• Beauchamp City Sixth Form Leicester
• Sir Jonathan North Girls' College Leicester
• Riverside Community Primary School Birstall Leicester
• Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre Leicester
• The Cedars Academy Leicester
• Hallam Fields, Birstall Leicester
• The Martin High School Anstey Leicester
• Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough

What is Judgemeadow Community College's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Judgemeadow Community College is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Judgemeadow Community College last inspected by Ofsted?

Judgemeadow Community College was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Judgemeadow Community College have?

Judgemeadow Community College has 975 pupils on roll.

What age range does Judgemeadow Community College cover?

Judgemeadow Community College for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Judgemeadow Community College's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 49.9, and 54% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Judgemeadow Community College?

Judgemeadow Community College is at Marydene Drive, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6HP.