Ellesmere College, Leicester
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 months agoReport card - no overall grade (new Ofsted framework from Sep 2024)
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Ellesmere College excels at supporting pupils with complex needs through excellent behaviour management and a genuinely inclusive approach where every child is known and valued. The school has outstanding post-16 provision that successfully prepares young people for adult life through work experience, supported internships and personalised study programmes. Staff create a calm, supportive environment where pupils develop growing independence, confidence and practical life skills.
Key Strengths
- Excellent behaviour management with pupils feeling safe and secure, underpinned by calm and skilled staff responses
- Highly inclusive approach where pupils are known deeply and supported to thrive with their individual needs at the centre
- Strong post-16 provision with flexible, personalised pathways, work experience and supported internships that prepare students well for adult life
- Consistent and effective phonics teaching that helps many pupils become confident readers
- Well-established systems for managing attendance that show significant improvements for individual pupils
Areas for Improvement
- Assessment approaches need development to give leaders a consistently secure picture of how pupils build and remember knowledge over time
- Curriculum knowledge beyond early reading and communication is not clearly defined, making it harder for staff to plan consistently ambitious learning
- Some pupils wait too long for support or are not sufficiently challenged to deepen their learning
- Governors need better oversight of curriculum quality, assessment and pupil outcomes to ensure improvements happen at pace
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met with leaders creating an open and positive culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility and concerns are actively identified and managed.
Extracurricular Activities
Work experience, supported internships, assemblies
Ellesmere College is a special school in Leicester that provides education for pupils with complex needs. The school demonstrates exceptional practice in safeguarding, behaviour, inclusion and post-16 provision, with expected standard performance in achievement, curriculum and leadership.
At a Glance
49.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, HI - Hearing Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 0%. Maths has remained stable at around 0%. Writing has remained stable at around 0%.
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
104%
Over capacity
441 pupils
426 capacity
15 places over capacity
Area Demand Pressure - Leicester
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Admissions Demand - Leicester
Places available
4,611
Applications
4,655
Got 1st preference
82.2%
Got preferred school
95.9%
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Pupil Absence2024/25
10.16556%
Overall absence
30.91398%
Persistent absence
372
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
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Ellesmere College
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