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Woodbrook Vale School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Grasmere Road, Loughborough LE11 2ST · wbvs.co.uk · 01509 557560
On the mapSearch near LE11 2ST
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.2
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 839
- 9 over 830 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- First language not English
- 12.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 209 families put the school first and 162 places were offered; 73% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 162 | 209 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 160 | 159 | 1 | 99% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 164 | 177 | 1.1▲ | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 165 | 191 | 1.2▲ | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 157 | 189 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.2, and 52.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.2 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲52.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲70.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲72.5% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.86 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 16.1 | −2.3 |
| Further education | 67.8 | −0.6 |
| Other education | 0.6 | −3.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.9 | +1 |
| Employment | 3.4 | +2.1 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4 | +0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 5.2 | +2.7 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Woodbrook Vale School on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Feb 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Feb 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Feb 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (85 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Positive
- 77%
- Replies
- 85
- 10% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 21 parents (25%) whose child was bullied
based on 29 parents (34%) with SEND