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Wreake Valley Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,148Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137983URN

Parkstone Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1LY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
0.4 below Leicestershire median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire

392 applications for 205 places · 34th of 43 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
39.1of 90
38th of 43 in Leicestershire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 28 April 2026Published 15 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
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. 28 April 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 4 Needs attention
  2. 9 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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Leicestershire median (2.3) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

392 applications · 205 places offered · 203 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.9; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  3. 2024 2.0; Leicestershire median median 2.2
  4. 2023 1.5; Leicestershire median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  6. 2021 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  7. 2020 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  9. 2018 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  10. 2017 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  11. 2016 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.6
  12. 2015 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.5
  13. 2014 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.4
  • 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 20262053921.92030.99
Sep 20252074001.92121.02
Sep 20242023932.02071.02
Sep 20232283471.51980.87
Sep 20221812501.41570.87
Sep 20211752681.51630.93
Sep 20201262031.61150.91
Sep 2019981511.5840.86
Sep 20181312101.61260.96
Sep 20171161801.61090.94
Sep 20161201831.51150.96
Sep 20151201831.51150.96
Sep 20141231751.41170.95

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

194 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)39.138th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%38th of 43 in Leicestershire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.60
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19439.130%54%–
2024/2514939.734%59%–
2023/2411442.445%67%−0.60
2022/2313539.942%66%−0.61

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
137983 · 855/4049
Trust
Bradgate Education Partnership
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,482 pupils · 1,148 on roll
Free school meals
20.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Opened
1 April 2012
Replaced
Wreake Valley Community College (URN 120267)
Address
Parkstone Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1LY
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

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