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Soar Valley College
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester LE4 7GY · soarvalley.aspirelp.uk · 0116 266 9625
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 51.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Leicester 45.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.37 mi
- 2.21 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,564
- 4 over 1,560 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- First language not English
- 74%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.37 mi (2.21 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 313 families put the school first and 317 places were offered; 90% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 317 | 313 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 316 | 330 | 1▲ | 84% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 319 | 322 | 1▲ | 85% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 320 | 343 | 1.1▲ | 82% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 312 | 348 | 1.1▲ | 78% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.37 mi2.21 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 51.5, and 47.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Leicester it was 45.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲51.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲47.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲71.8% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼30.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.40 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120286)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14.5 | −8.9 |
| Sixth form college | 61 | +14 |
| Further education | 14.2 | −6.5 |
| Other education | 0.3 | 0 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| Employment | 0.3 | −1.7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 5.8 | +2.5 |
| Activity not captured | 3.2 | +0.9 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Soar Valley College on 11 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 11 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Nov 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120286), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Nov 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120286)
Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120286)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 43
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (47%) with SEND