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Ibstock School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Central Avenue, Ibstock LE67 6NE · ibstockschool.co.uk · 01530 260705
On the mapSearch near LE67 6NE
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Apr 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 689
- 95% of 725 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 24.4%
- First language not English
- 3.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 99 families put the school first and 121 places were offered; 100% 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 | 121 | 99 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 137 | 123 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 129 | 116 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 139 | 123 | 0.9 | 97% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 150 | 136 | 0.9 | 90% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.5, and 38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.0% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼59.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼12.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.51 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
Left in 2023/24
| School sixth form | 11.9 |
|---|---|
| Further education | 66.9 |
| Apprenticeship | 8.5 |
| Employment | 4.2 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.9 |
| Activity not captured | 2.5 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ibstock School on 8 April 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 8 Apr 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Dec 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
54% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (104 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 54%
- Replies
- 104
- 14% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 88% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied
based on 47 parents (45%) with SEND