SCHOOL PROFILE

Babington Academy: data, trends and context

Babington Academy is a secondary school in Leicester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143247
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Leicester
Region
East Midlands
Trust
LEARNING WITHOUT LIMITS ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
LE4 0SZ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,339
FSM eligible
49.1%
EAL / First language other than English
48.8%
SEND (total)
23.2%
SEN Support
17.8%
EHCP
5.5%
White British
33.6%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
88.8%
Overall absence
11.2%
Persistent absence
30.3%
Severe absence
6.9%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LeicesterLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.6%
East MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.2%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 10 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
17.0%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.30%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
38.0
English & maths grade 5+
30.7%
English & maths grade 4+
51.9%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Babington Academy is a secondary school in Leicester. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.