Alcester Academy
Academy converter · 636 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Academy special sponsor led
Discovery Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 108of 108 places
- Free school meals
- 65.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 18
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 31 January 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 18 pupils who finished Year 11 at Discovery Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Discovery Academy’s own sixth form (Warwickshire average 43%), 39% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 10.3 against 46.1 across England and 48.0 in Warwickshire, with 6% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 6% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 Warwickshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Discovery Academy | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 18 | 6,474 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 83% | 92% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 78% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 6% | 7% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 34% | 37% |
| — other education | 33% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Discovery Academy | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 10.3 | 48.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 6% | 50% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 6% | 68% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.96 | 4.28 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 72% | 23% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 32.0 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 52.8 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 13% | 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 | 8 | 44% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 13% |
| Combined Science | 8 | 44% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 38% |
| Mathematics | 8 | 44% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 25% |
| English Literature | 6 | 33% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| History | 4 | 22% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Computer Science | 3 | 17% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Fine Art | 2 | 11% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 6% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
Other secondary schools in Warwickshire
Alcester Grammar School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,299 pupils
97% stayed in education · Attainment 8 73.7
Ash Green School
Academy converter · sixth form · 816 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.7
Ashlawn School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,564 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.4
Aylesford School Warwick
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,065 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.9
Bilton School
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,127 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.4
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.