Gartree High School, Leicester

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are delighted to welcome you to Gartree High School. Gartree is a vibrant and thriving Leicestershire high school, based in the local community of Oadby. We educate around 900 students and we are very proud of the unique contribution each and every one of them makes to school life. At Gartree we offer a broad and balanced academic curriculum."

In 2026, pupils at Gartree High School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 54.1, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 54.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.41: 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 31.1, against 57.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 26.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, French and History.

For September 2026 entry, 250 families put Gartree High School as their first choice and 780 named it as one of their preferences, for 172 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 82 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Gartree High School are Beauchamp College (under 0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 55.9); Manor High School (1.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 60.4); Wigston Academy (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 39.4); and Wigston College (2 miles, Good).

Gartree High School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.

186 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Gartree High School (as of September 2025): 90% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 71% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that they are kept well informed about progress (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (71%).

Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 27% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

14.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 99 pupils (10.7%) received SEN support and 56 (6.1%) 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.

The nearest railway station is South Wigston Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brocks Hill School (adjacent), 170 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 113 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Gartree High School issued 86 suspensions, 9.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Gartree High School are Brocks Hill Primary School (0.1 miles), Glenmere Community Primary School (0.7 miles), Woodland Grange Primary School (0.7 miles) and Launde Primary School (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.