Ellesmere College

State-Funded School

ellesmere-college-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester WestConstituency

LE3 2FDPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ellesmere College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 4–19, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 441 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 6 May 2026 · published 24 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

44%

Asian

29%

Black

13%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

441

Total Pupils

74%Boys

26%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

48%

England average

27%

First language not English

28%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 4 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 441
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 5 May 2022. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 Jun 2017	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.