Humphrey Perkins School

About Humphrey Perkins School

Of the 158 parents who responded to Ofsted’s Parent View survey between September 2024 and September 2025, 61% said they would recommend Humphrey Perkins School to other parents. That leaves a notable 39% who would not, and the full results show a mixed picture. For instance, 76% of parents agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 77% felt their child is safe. But only 53% agreed that the school makes sure pupils are well behaved, and just 46% felt concerns are dealt with properly. The school is popular enough to be oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, there were 334 applications for 177 places, an oversubscription ratio of 1.89, with 168 of those offers going to first-preference applicants out of 175 who put the school first. That suggests a solid local reputation, even if the parent feedback is more divided than you might expect for a school with a Good Ofsted rating.

Academically, the picture is similarly mixed. In the 2023/24 results, Humphrey Perkins’ Progress 8 score was -0.55, which is well below the national average and below the Leicestershire local authority average of -0.1. The school ranks 7th out of 9 schools in the Charnwood local authority area on this measure, and 32nd out of 46 secondary schools across the wider county. Attainment 8 came in at 40.5, and 58.5% of pupils achieved a grade 4 or above in English and maths, though only 31.1% reached grade 5 or above. The EBacc average point score was 3.74, with 26.2% of pupils achieving the EBacc at grade 4 or above. In its most recent graded inspection in April 2025, Ofsted rated the school Good across all areas including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The previous inspection in 2020 had also rated it Good overall.

The school serves 844 pupils aged 11 to 16, with 17.9% eligible for free school meals. Facilities include a swimming pool, theatre, sports hall, music rooms, art studios, science labs, and playing fields, plus a sixth form centre despite the school not having a sixth form of its own. There is a wide range of clubs and activities on offer, including Drama, Choir, Orchestra, DofE, Chess, Debate, Young Enterprise, and Gardening. For SEND, the school supports pupils with specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social emotional and mental health needs, speech language and communication needs, hearing impairment, multi-sensory impairment, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. Given the mixed parent feedback and below-average Progress 8, this school may suit families who value its broad extracurricular offer and strong facilities, but who are aware that academic outcomes are not its strongest suit.

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