WQE and Regent College Group
WQE and Regent College Group is a further education in Leicester for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ0116 247 1147wqe.ac.ukMr Paul Wilson principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,992 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,992 | 2,090 | 1,939 | 1,673 | 3,497 | 2,183 |
| Average A level points per entryA level APS per entry | 29.33 | 28.76 | 30.53 | 32.12 | 33.23 | 30.79 |
| Average A level grade | C | C | C | C+ | C+ | C |
| Best three A levelsBest 3 A levels APS | 29.72 | 28.90 | 30.23 | 32.12 | 33.67 | 33.55 |
| AAB or better in subjects universities likeAAB+ in two facilitating subjects | 5% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 14% | 13% |
| A level progressA level value added | -0.34 | -0.28 | – | – | +0.04 | -0.01 |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 28.27 | 26.63 | 25.68 | 28.93 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 35.78 | 30.00 | 30.54 | 34.59 | – | – |
| Stayed and finishedRetained and assessed | 89% | 91% | 91% | 92% | 89% | 96% |
A level subjects
33 A level subjects had results in 2025. Each figure is the share of students who got an A* to B, next to the average for state sixth forms in England. When only a handful of students take a subject, its figures jump around from year to year.
Strongest A levels
Every A level subject against England, 2025
A levels only. BTECs, T levels and other courses are in the table above. Subjects with fewer than five students aren't published.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicester council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 1,789 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 76%, compared with 84% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 72% went on to degree-level study or training and 7% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 83% | 81% | 86% | – |
| Education | 58% | 57% | 64% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
| Work | 20% | 19% | 18% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 11% | 12% | 8% | – |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Leicester | Higher education institutions | 280 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Crispin's School | Independent | 540 m | 70 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Avenue Primary School | Council | 570 m | 545 | Not inspected | 62 | Compare |
| St John the Baptist CofE Primary School | Church of England | 650 m | 602 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Leicester College | Further education | 780 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Leicester Therapeutic School | Independent | 850 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Avicenna School | Independent | 950 m | 27 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Leicester Preparatory School | Independent | 0.6 miles | 74 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is WQE and Regent College Group a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score WQE and Regent College Group yet.
How many pupils does WQE and Regent College Group have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RJ
- Telephone
- 0116 247 1147
- Website
- www.wqe.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mr Paul Wilson
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Ward
- Castle
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1900
- URN
- 130756 · LAESTAB 8568601 · UKPRN 10007671
- Formerly
- Regent College
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- A level subjects: DfE A level and other 16 to 18 results, subject entries and grades, 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.