The Herewoode Academy

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, New College Leicester, inspected in June 2023.

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 2025–26 The Herewoode Academy had 17.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7).

Pupils per teacher

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, 18.1% of pupils at The Herewoode Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 1.7% 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.

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The Herewoode Academy is part of Nova Education Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• Melton Vale Sixth Form College Melton Mowbray
• Victoria Primary School Nottingham
• Nottingham University Academy of Science and Technology Nottingham
• Firbeck Academy Nottingham
• Nottingham University Samworth Academy Nottingham
• Kirk Hallam Community Academy Ilkeston
• Toot Hill School Nottingham
• Nottingham Free School Nottingham
• Robert Miles Infant School Nottingham
• Westdale Junior School Nottingham

What is The Herewoode Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Herewoode Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2023 of its predecessor, New College Leicester.

When was The Herewoode Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

The Herewoode Academy was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does The Herewoode Academy have?

The Herewoode Academy has 979 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Herewoode Academy cover?

The Herewoode Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are The Herewoode Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 38.0, and 32% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is The Herewoode Academy?

The Herewoode Academy is at Glenfield Road, Leicester, LE3 6DN.