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Woodbrook Vale School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 839Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137401URN

Grasmere Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ST · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.9per place
0.6 above Leicestershire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

461 applications for 162 places · 10th of 43 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
50.4of 90
11th of 43 in Leicestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 29 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 5 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
  2. 8 February 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.9applications per place, Year 7
0.6 above Leicestershire median (2.3) 0.6 above England median (2.2)

461 applications · 162 places offered · 209 named it first

  1. 2026 2.9; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.4; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.3; Leicestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.2; Leicestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.4
More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261624612.92091.29
Sep 20251603762.41590.99
Sep 20241643752.31771.08
Sep 20231653652.21911.16
Sep 20221572911.91891.20
Sep 20211593222.02241.41
Sep 20201562891.91931.24
Sep 20191873031.61931.03
Sep 20181603232.02241.40
Sep 20171602761.72011.26
Sep 20161502781.92061.37
Sep 20151582581.61981.25
Sep 20141612411.51821.13

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

165 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.411th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%11th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.44
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16550.455%72%–
2024/2516051.253%71%–
2023/2417452.459%73%+0.44
2022/2316654.160%76%+0.43

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137401 · 855/4268
Trust
Woodbrook Vale School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
830 pupils · 839 on roll
Free school meals
18.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2011
Replaced
Woodbrook Vale High School (URN 120293)
Address
Grasmere Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ST
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources