The Children's Hospital School

State-Funded School

the-childrens-hospital-school-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester SouthConstituency

LE1 5WWPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Children's Hospital School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 112 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

No pupil ethnicity data is published for this school in the latest school census.

Pupils

112

Total Pupils

33%Boys

67%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

32%

England average

27%

First language not English

—

England average

22%

Young carers

—

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Unknown
Total pupils: 112

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 4 October 2023. 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
1 Sept 2017	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

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.