Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
Woodbrook Vale School
- Pupils on roll
- 839of 830 places
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 160
- Ofsted
- Report card, 3 March 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Woodbrook Vale High School (URN 120293, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Woodbrook Vale School has no sixth form. Of the 166 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 72% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 51% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 53% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Woodbrook Vale School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 Leicestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Woodbrook Vale School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 166 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 72% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Woodbrook Vale School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 53% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 73% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.86 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 30.3 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 9% | 8% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 160 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 160 | 100% | 88% | 29% | 22% | 76% |
| English Literature | 156 | 98% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 93 | 58% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 67% |
| Geography | 84 | 53% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 64% |
| French | 81 | 51% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 89% |
| History | 73 | 46% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 75% |
| Biology | 62 | 39% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 61 | 38% | 23% | 28% | 47% | 97% |
| Physics | 61 | 38% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 97% |
| Business Studies | 44 | 28% | 18% | 36% | 20% | 82% |
| Fine Art | 39 | 24% | 9% | 31% | 28% | 97% |
| Spanish | 34 | 21% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 82% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 31 | 19% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 61% |
| Physical Education | 31 | 19% | 11% | 32% | 24% | 94% |
| Media Studies | 30 | 19% | 4% | 7% | 20% | 67% |
| Sociology | 26 | 16% | 4% | 19% | 21% | 69% |
| Computer Science | 20 | 13% | 13% | 45% | 30% | 100% |
| 3D Design | 20 | 13% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 50% |
| Drama | 10 | 6% | 7% | 40% | 27% | 100% |
| Music | 9 | 6% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 67% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Film Studies | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Tourism | 18 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 14 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 12 | — | — |
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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.