The Roundhill Academy is a mixed secondary academy in Leicester, Leicestershire County Council, teaching 686 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted rated it Requires improvement at its last graded inspection in July 2023. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45.9 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 28 August 2025 to 10 July 2026.

Ofsted inspection

The latest published Ofsted judgement for The Roundhill Academy.

Latest inspection
Requires improvement Overall effectiveness
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour & attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentRequires improvement
Leadership & managementRequires improvement
Schools with Serious Weaknesses Visit 1 · Inspected 3 Jul 2023 · Published 26 Sep 2023
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Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate

Term dates & holidays 2025–2026

Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for The Roundhill Academy.

The Roundhill Academy term dates calendar 2025–2026
Official term-dates calendar · 2025–2026 · source

Interactive Calendar

August 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 25 August Bank Holiday
  • 26–27 Staff Training Days
  • 28 School Opens (Autumn Term)
September 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
October 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 20–24 Autumn Half-Term Break
November 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
December 2025
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 19 School Closes (End of Autumn Term)
  • 22–31 Christmas Holiday
  • 25 Christmas Day
  • 26 Boxing Day
January 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–2 Christmas Holiday
  • 1 New Year's Day
  • 5 Staff Training Day
  • 6 School Opens (Spring Term)
February 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
  • 16–20 Spring Half-Term Break
March 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 27 School Closes (End of Spring Term)
  • 30–31 Easter Holiday
April 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
  • 1–10 Easter Holiday
  • 3 Good Friday
  • 6 Easter Monday
  • 13 School Opens (Summer Term)
May 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 4 May Day Bank Holiday
  • 25–29 Summer Half-Term Break
  • 25 Spring Bank Holiday
June 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
July 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 10 School Closes (End of Summer Term)
  • 11–31 Summer Holiday
  • 13–14 Staff Training Days
August 2026
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
  • 1–31 Summer Holiday
  • 31 Summer Bank Holiday

Key dates (2025–2026)

  • August Bank Holiday Aug 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Staff Training Days Aug 26-27, 2025 Inset Day
  • School Opens (Autumn Term) Aug 28, 2025 Term
  • Autumn Half-Term Break Oct 20-24, 2025 Holiday
  • School Closes (End of Autumn Term) Dec 19, 2025 Term
  • Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
  • Staff Training Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
  • School Opens (Spring Term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
  • Spring Half-Term Break Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
  • School Closes (End of Spring Term) Mar 27, 2026 Term
  • Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
  • School Opens (Summer Term) Apr 13, 2026 Term
  • May Day Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Half-Term Break May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
  • School Closes (End of Summer Term) Jul 10, 2026 Term
  • Staff Training Days Jul 13-14, 2026 Inset Day
  • Summer Holiday Jul 11 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
  • Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
  • Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
  • Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
  • Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
  • Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
  • Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event

Exam results & performance

DfE performance tables Official results, 2024–2025 GOV.UK ↗
45.9 Attainment 8 England 46.1
46.6% Grade 5+ English & maths England 45.4% Top 34%
26.1% Persistent absence England 17.8%

The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare The Roundhill Academy with Leicestershire County Council and England.

Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45.9 Attainment 8 score

Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.

This school Leicestershire County Council England

Attainment 8 score · Average across 8 GCSEs, out of 90 45.9
Leicestershire County Council 46.2 England 46.1 in line with England
Grade 5+ in English & maths · A strong pass 46.6%
Leicestershire County Council 46.8% England 45.4% +1.2 vs England
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils 34.6
Leicestershire County Council 32.4 England 34.9 in line with England
Disadvantage gap · Attainment 8 points; smaller is better 14
Leicestershire County Council 17.1 England 15.5 -1.5 vs England
Disadvantaged pupils in the year group · Context for the scores above 18.9%
Leicestershire County Council 19.1% England 28.2%
Pupils in the year group · Small cohorts swing wildly 148
Attendance 26.1% Persistently absent pupils

Absence across the whole school year.

This school Leicestershire County Council England

Persistently absent pupils · Missed 10%+ of sessions; lower is better 26.1%
Leicestershire County Council 15.1% England 17.8% +8.3 vs England
Overall absence · Lower is better 9.3%
Leicestershire County Council 6.3% England 6.8% +2.5 vs England
What pupils do after GCSEs 93% In education, apprenticeship or work

Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.

This school Leicestershire County Council England

In education, apprenticeship or work 93%
Leicestershire County Council 93% England 92% +1 vs England
Same, for disadvantaged pupils 86%
Leicestershire County Council 82% England 83% +3 vs England
About this data source & caveats

Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.

We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.

Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for The Roundhill Academy. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.

Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Location & catchment area

Indicative catchment Other secondary schools

Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to The Roundhill Academy than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.