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Rawlins

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough LE12 8DY · rawlins.embracemat.org · 01509 622800

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
45
average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,455
96% of 1,522 places
Local authority
Leicestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.6%
First language not English
5.5%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Embrace Multi Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 187 families put the school first and 231 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 265 (Places 235)265September 2023: 230 (Places 231)230September 2024: 199 (Places 223)199September 2025: 179 (Places 196)179September 2026: 187 (Places 231)187Places 231
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262311870.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251961790.999%
September 2024Sept 20242231990.999%
September 2023Sept 2023231230195%
September 2022Sept 20222352651.1▲84%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 45.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicestershire it was 46.2, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade B- (37.7 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.7 (England 46.3)41.72017/18: 46.5 (England 46.5)46.52018/19: 43.9 (England 46.7)43.92021/22: 47.7 (England 48.8)47.72022/23: 46.7 (England 46.3)46.72023/24: 46.5 (England 45.9)46.52024/25: 45.0 (England 46.0)45.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4546
●45.5%45.4%
●64.3%64.8%
▼12.7%40.5%
▼3.764.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form43.4−5.3
Sixth form college1.2+0.8
Further education44.3+4.8
Other education0.8+0.4
Apprenticeship2−0.1
Employment1.2−0.5
Not in a lasting destination4.1−0.9
Activity not captured2.9+0.8

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.2 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 32.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 33.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 34.5 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 41.1 (England 37.9)B2022/23: 37.0 (England 34.2)B-2023/24: 34.1 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 37.7 (England 35.0)B-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
160 studentsB- (37.7)Above average +0.14
160 studentsB- (37.7)Above average +0.14
17.6%AAB or better
97%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24157C+ (34.1)-0.18
2022/23146B- (37)—
2021/22157B (41.1)—
2018/19164C+ (34.5)+0.24
2017/18139C+ (33.3)+0.26
2016/17180C+ (32.7)+0.27
2015/16249C (29.2)+0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University60−3.6
Further and other education4.4−1.7
Further education3.1−1.1
Other education1.3−0.5
Apprenticeship2.5−1.1
Employment18.80
Not in a lasting destination9.4+3.3
Activity not captured5+3.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Rawlins on 26 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
26 Nov 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jun 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jun 2022Requires improvement
    Quality of educationRequires improvement
    Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Mar 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Dec 2014Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (476 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
68%
Replies
476
32% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school▼76% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼81% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼62% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼73% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼73% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼63% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼64% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●90% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development▼62% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼62% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 79% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼44% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼52% agreeEngland 67%

based on 138 parents (29%) with SEND

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