English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy, Leicester

In 2026, pupils at English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 47.1 in Leicester and 47 across England.

65% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Leicester and 47% in England.

That is up from 54 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.16: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 46.5, against 57.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 10.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 244 families put English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy as their first choice and 449 named it as one of their preferences, for 185 places offered. That is 1.3 first choices for every place. 65 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy are Beaumont Leys School (0.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.3); Brook Mead Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 46.6); Babington Academy (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 36.1); and The Herewoode Academy (1 mile, Attainment 8 38).

English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy is one of 23 schools run by St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Multi Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.5 in 2024/25.

Of the 188 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 32% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 75 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 68% went on to university or other higher education, 3% to apprenticeships and 17% into work. 21% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

16.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 58.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (27%), Black (25%) and White British (14%).

In 2026, 110 pupils (9.6%) received SEN support and 21 (1.8%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy has a resourced provision: 5 places, 5 pupils on roll.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Leicester North (Great Central Railway), about 1.6 miles away in a straight line.

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is English Martyrs School (opposite), 130 metres away.

In 2024/25, English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy issued 40 suspensions, 3.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy are Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School (0.3 miles), Stokes Wood Primary School (0.4 miles), Barley Croft Primary School (0.5 miles) and Parks Primary School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.