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Ashby School

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Nottingham Road, Ashby-De-La-Zouch LE65 1DT · ashbyschool.org.uk · 01530 413748

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.1
average Attainment 8 score. Leicestershire 46.2, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,669
92% of 1,820 places
Local authority
Leicestershire
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
13.3%
First language not English
3.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Life Multi-Academy Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 231 families put the school first and 228 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 351 (Places 222)351September 2023: 300 (Places 217)300September 2024: 252 (Places 221)252September 2025: 272 (Places 231)272September 2026: 231 (Places 228)231Places 228
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262282311▲92%
September 2025Sept 20252312721.2▲84%
September 2024Sept 20242212521.1▲87%
September 2023Sept 20232173001.4▲72%
September 2022Sept 20222223511.6▲63%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.1, and 49.8% 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 C+ (32.6 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: 46.6 (England 46.3)46.62017/18: 50.4 (England 46.5)50.42018/19: 47.9 (England 46.7)47.92021/22: 48.9 (England 48.8)48.92022/23: 43.0 (England 46.3)43.02023/24: 47.2 (England 45.9)47.22024/25: 48.1 (England 46.0)48.1England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.146.0
▲49.8%45.4%
▲71.8%64.8%
▲63.3%40.5%
▲4.474.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 138833)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form45.2+4.7
Sixth form college0.6—
Further education40.2−2.1
Other education0.3−1.3
Apprenticeship7.3+1.3
Employment2.9−0.5
Not in a lasting destination2.3−2.5
Activity not captured1.2−0.2

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: 28.4 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 32.2 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.8 (England 32.9)C+2021/22: 36.6 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 30.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 31.7 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 32.6 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
226 studentsC+ (32.6)Average -0.06
226 studentsC+ (32.7)Average -0.06
31 studentsDist- (30.3)Average +0.21
14.8%AAB or better
94.9%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24241C+ (31.7)-0.01
2022/23292C (30.7)—
2021/22294B- (36.6)—
2018/19306C+ (31.8)+0.03
2017/18321C+ (32.2)+0.10
2016/17326C (31.1)+0.10
2015/16304C (28.4)+0.03

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University54.8−10.2
Further education2.5−1.2
Apprenticeship6.2+1.1
Employment24.5+6.1
Not in a lasting destination6.6+0.1
Activity not captured5.4+4

Ofsted

Ashby School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
24 Jan 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Oct 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 138833), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2019Inadequate
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingNot effective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138833)

Before September 2019

  • Apr 2018Monitoring visit
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138833)

  • Feb 2015Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138833)

  • May 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 138833)

What parents said

79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (235 replies, to 6 January 2025).

Recommend
79%
Replies
235
15% · 6 Jan 2025
Child is happy at school●87% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●90% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼74% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼81% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼68% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼69% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●89% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼75% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼74% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 72% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲56% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 27% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼61% agreeEngland 67%

based on 40 parents (17%) with SEND

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