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De Lisle College

Comprehensive

National rank

271

388

Rank last year

59^%

A-level

39.6^%

GCSE

Need to know

Head teacher Chris Maher

Attendance 94.1%

Gender of entry Mixed

Send pupils* 16.4% *Special educational needs and disabilities

Total pupils 1,349

Pupils on free school meals 15.7%

Progress 8

Progress 8 is a measure of the development a school cohort/pupils makes from year 6 to year 11. The data used is from 2024. There will be no KS2 updates for 2025 or 2026 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The government is consulting on an improved version of Progress 8 and Attainment 8

WELL ABOVE AVERAGE

Our methodology

Results

Grade

11.2

24.2

23.6

A*/A

35.4

A*-B

Grade

9/8

24.8

14.8

9/8/7

39.6

What the school inspection says

“Pupils understand that leaders have high standards and expectations. Pupils and students in the sixth form know that their teachers want the very best for them. This is reinforced in every aspect of school life. The school motto, ‘Together in faith, inspiring achievement’, is evident throughout the school. … Leaders have put a curriculum in place that is well planned and carefully sequenced. The curriculum is broad and covers the full national curriculum. It is ambitious in its scope and aims to build pupils’ knowledge over time … Pupils have opportunities to take part in extra activities outside lessons, including sports and music.”

Inspection

2022

In detail *

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*Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgment in inspections of state-funded schools. A five-point grading scale, including a new “exceptional” grade was introduced in November 2025.

About the school

De Lisle College is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Loughborough, Leicestershire.
The school is named after Ambrose Phillipps de Lisle, a 19th-century Roman Catholic layman who founded Mount St Bernard Abbey and who once owned the land on which the school now stands.
As a Catholic school, it places emphasis on faith, service and moral character, encapsulated in its motto, Quod justum, non quod utile (“Do what is right, not what is easy”).
A Mandarin Excellence Programme has run at De Lisle since September 2019, funded by the Department for Education and delivered by the UCL Institute of Education in partnership with the British Council. Students in Years 7-11 and a group of sixth formers who study to complete HSK Level 1.
De Lisle consistently ranks among the highest-performing comprehensive schools in its region, with strong academic results and a reputation for excellent pastoral care.

enquiries@delisle.leics.sch.uk

Telephone

01509 268 739

Website

delisle.leics.sch.uk

Address

Thorpe Hill, Loughborough, LE11 4SQ

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