The Cedars Academy is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Birstall in the English county of Leicestershire.

This was not just population growth but movement from Leicester to the outlying suburbs like Oadby, Wigston and included in this list was Birstall.

The perpetrator was a year 10 pupil who was later permanently excluded due to unrelated circumstances.

The school serves a large catchment area including the villages of Anstey, Birstall, Cropston, Glenfield, Rothley, Thurcaston and Wanlip.

Despite this, in August 2013 Longslade recorded their best GCSE results ever with students achieving 60% A*–C including English and Maths -in line with the county average.