Graded inspection · Jan 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Leicestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry536 applications · 228 places offered · 231 named it first
- 2026 2.4; Leicestershire median median 2.3
- 2025 2.4; Leicestershire median median 2.3
- 2024 2.3; Leicestershire median median 2.2
- 2023 2.5; Leicestershire median median 2.1
- 2022 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 228 | 536 | 2.4 | 231 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2025 | 231 | 564 | 2.4 | 272 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2024 | 221 | 514 | 2.3 | 252 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2023 | 217 | 539 | 2.5 | 300 | 1.38 |
| Sep 2022 | 222 | 463 | 2.1 | 351 | 1.58 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 257 | 48.4 | 55% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 259 | 48.1 | 50% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 343 | 47.2 | 50% | 72% | −0.14 |
| 2022/23 | 507 | 43.0 | 38% | 61% | −0.50 |
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
- Ashby SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.4applications per place 48.4Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.6applications per place 43.5Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20241.7applications per place 45.0Attainment 8
- 7.4 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20242.1applications per place 38.8Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · Derbyshire20261.7applications per place 43.4Attainment 8
- 7.8 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 37.3Attainment 8
- 8.9 km · DerbyshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 38.7Attainment 8
- 9.6 km · Leicestershire20261.4applications per place 39.9Attainment 8
- 11.1 km · StaffordshireOutstanding20232.9applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 148549 · 855/4042
- Capacity
- 1,820 pupils · 1,669 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2021
- Replaced
- Ashby School (URN 138833)
- Address
- Nottingham Road, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, LE65 1DT
- Local authority
- Leicestershire · North West Leicestershire
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources