Sir Jonathan North Girls' College
Leicester, LE2 6FU · Leicester · secondary school
3rd of 19 secondary schools in Leicester we can score, 21 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 9.0/10 against 826 of them, against 7.8/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 53.8 · 72 | 46% | 3.32 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.51 · 84 | 38% | 3.24 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 52.6 · 80 | 15% | 1.22 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 53.8% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 52.6, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.51 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (9.0 out of 10 against similar schools, 7.8 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils join Eco-Club, Young Enterprise, DofE, Latin Club, Debate, Journalism, Good Life School, and Book Chat. Sports include netball, trampolining, basketball, indoor athletics, and tennis. Arts activities feature the Shakespeare Schools Festival, GCSE Drama Intervention, New View Drama Club, Band Academy, and poetry by heart. Trips visit Kingswood Activity Centre, attend a climate change conference, compete in First Lego League, join The Scholars Programme, participate in All Stars Disability Athletics, attend a Dickens lecture, do speed networking, and visit Pooles Cavern. An after-school club is available.
Getting in. The school has 1149 pupils in a capacity of 1200, leaving 51 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in the 51 remaining places to ensure they feel integrated?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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