Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
Castle Donington College
- Pupils on roll
- 684of 645 places
- Free school meals
- 19.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 126
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 19 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Castle Donington Community College (URN 120254, until 1 October 2012).
What the data says
Castle Donington College has no sixth form. Of the 124 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 70% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 29% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Castle Donington College 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 | Castle Donington College | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 124 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 79% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 7% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 70% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Castle Donington College | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.17 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 41.8 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.5 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 2% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 126 | 100% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 76% |
| English Language | 126 | 100% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 123 | 98% | 86% | 23% | 21% | 84% |
| Combined Science | 92 | 73% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 61% |
| Geography | 59 | 47% | 41% | 10% | 25% | 68% |
| History | 49 | 39% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 69% |
| Physical Education | 44 | 35% | 11% | 18% | 24% | 68% |
| Media Studies | 36 | 29% | 4% | 22% | 20% | 86% |
| Spanish | 35 | 28% | 19% | 23% | 27% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 27% | 11% | 24% | 23% | 71% |
| Biology | 32 | 25% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 25% | 23% | 35% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 31 | 25% | 23% | 35% | 46% | 100% |
| Sociology | 28 | 22% | 4% | 14% | 21% | 57% |
| Computer Science | 25 | 20% | 13% | 8% | 30% | 24% |
| Drama | 22 | 17% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 100% |
| Graphic Communication | 20 | 16% | 1% | 10% | 23% | 60% |
| French | 19 | 15% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 63% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 15% | 9% | 37% | 28% | 74% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 14% | 8% | 11% | 21% | 72% |
| Music | 17 | 13% | 5% | 12% | 33% | 76% |
| Textiles | 15 | 12% | 2% | 27% | 27% | 80% |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Childcare Skills | 21 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leicestershire
Beauchamp College
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Bosworth Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,565 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
Brockington College
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82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,476 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
Charnwood College
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 664 pupils
74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.9
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.