Avanti Fields School
Free schools · 1,236 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Foundation school
Fullhurst Community College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,441of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 39.9%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 287
- Ofsted
- Good, 26 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Fullhurst Community College has no sixth form. Of the 302 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 31% moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Chemistry is unusually popular at GCSE: 83% of the year group took it, against 23% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 31% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 39.2 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leicester, with 35% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leicester and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Fullhurst Community College | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 302 | 4,326 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 84% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 4% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 31% | 38% | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 7% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Fullhurst Community College | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 39.2 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 16% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.32 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 38% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.5 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.4 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 33% | 55% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 272 | 95% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 60% |
| English Language | 272 | 95% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 69% |
| English Literature | 260 | 91% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 74% |
| Physics | 237 | 83% | 23% | 8% | 46% | 46% |
| Chemistry | 237 | 83% | 23% | 9% | 47% | 46% |
| Biology | 237 | 83% | 23% | 6% | 45% | 49% |
| History | 107 | 37% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 54% |
| Geography | 106 | 37% | 41% | 20% | 25% | 58% |
| French | 44 | 15% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 73% |
| Art and Design | 42 | 15% | 7% | 2% | 24% | 48% |
| Design and Technology | 40 | 14% | 11% | 10% | 23% | 30% |
| Computer Science | 38 | 13% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 63% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 31 | 11% | 8% | 10% | 21% | 29% |
| Combined Science | 30 | 10% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Statistics | 26 | 9% | 5% | 58% | 20% | 100% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 8% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 86% |
| Spanish | 20 | 7% | 19% | 35% | 27% | 60% |
| Physical Education | 19 | 7% | 11% | 5% | 24% | 47% |
| Film Studies | 17 | 6% | 1% | 0% | 20% | 71% |
| Polish | 11 | 4% | 1% | 82% | 84% | 82% |
| Italian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 118 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 65 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 32 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 29 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 26 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 16 | — | — |
| Tourism | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leicester
Babington Academy
Academy converter · 1,339 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.0
Beaumont Leys School
Community school · 1,062 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Crown Hills Community College
Community school · 1,493 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.4
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,143 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Judgemeadow Community College
Academy sponsor led · 975 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.