Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
Brockington College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,165of 1,200 places
- Free school meals
- 17.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 237
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement, 23 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Brockington College (URN 120302, until 1 August 2012).
What the data says
Brockington College has no sixth form. Of the 237 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 5% started an apprenticeship.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.8 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and Spanish and German add up to 14% of the year group, and 12% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).
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 | Brockington College | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 237 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 14% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 5% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 4% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Brockington College | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.8 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.92 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.5 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 233 | 98% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 233 | 98% | 88% | 19% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 231 | 97% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 228 | 96% | 31% | 15% | 32% | 64% |
| Combined Science | 158 | 67% | 65% | 3% | 9% | 48% |
| Geography | 123 | 52% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 59% |
| History | 103 | 43% | 41% | 22% | 26% | 73% |
| Biology | 75 | 32% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 99% |
| Chemistry | 74 | 31% | 23% | 27% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 74 | 31% | 23% | 31% | 46% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 73 | 31% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 67% |
| Drama | 42 | 18% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 35 | 15% | 8% | 20% | 21% | 86% |
| Fine Art | 28 | 12% | 9% | 32% | 28% | 89% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 11% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 56% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 10% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 67% |
| Media Studies | 20 | 8% | 4% | 35% | 20% | 85% |
| French | 20 | 8% | 18% | 35% | 29% | 80% |
| Textiles | 19 | 8% | 2% | 37% | 27% | 95% |
| Spanish | 12 | 5% | 19% | 25% | 27% | 75% |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Gujarati | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| German | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 62 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 31 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 16 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 14 | — | — |
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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.