UK Schools
Thomas Estley Community College
Thomas Estley Community College is a mixed secondary academy in Leicester, Leicestershire County Council, teaching 883 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted graded quality of education as Good at its most recent inspection in October 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 46 (England 46.1). The 2025–2026 school year runs from 26 August 2025 to 8 July 2026.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Thomas Estley Community College.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Thomas Estley Community College.
- 26 School Opens (Autumn Term)
- 20–24 Autumn Half Term Break
- 19 School Closes (Autumn Term)
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 6 School Opens (Spring Term)
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Break
- 27 School Closes (Spring Term)
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 School Opens (Summer Term)
- 4 May Day Bank Holiday
- 4 Early May Bank Holiday
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Break
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 8 School Closes (Summer Term)
- 9–31 Summer Holiday
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- School Opens (Autumn Term) Aug 26, 2025 Term
- Autumn Half Term Break Oct 20-24, 2025 Holiday
- School Closes (Autumn Term) Dec 19, 2025 Term
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens (Spring Term) Jan 6, 2026 Term
- Spring Half Term Break Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes (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 (Summer Term) Jul 8, 2026 Term
- Summer Holiday Jul 9 - Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Early May Bank Holiday May 4, 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
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Thomas Estley Community College with Leicestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 46 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
Attendance 24% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
What pupils do after GCSEs 92% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
This school Leicestershire County Council 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 Thomas Estley Community College. 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 only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Thomas Estley Community College 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.