Avanti Fields School
Free schools · 1,236 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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Babington Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,339of 1,380 places
- Free school meals
- 49.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 270
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 March 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Babington Community College (URN 120294, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Babington Academy has no sixth form. Of the 264 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 28% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leicester, with 31% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 77% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
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 | Babington Academy | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 264 | 4,326 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 86% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 12% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 28% | 38% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 10% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Babington Academy | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.0 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 31% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 12% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.13 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 47% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.0 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.0 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 50% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 269 | 100% | 89% | 8% | 20% | 58% |
| Mathematics | 266 | 99% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 265 | 98% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 231 | 86% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 39% |
| Religious Studies | 209 | 77% | 31% | 18% | 32% | 73% |
| Geography | 115 | 43% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 56% |
| Business Studies | 105 | 39% | 18% | 1% | 20% | 38% |
| History | 65 | 24% | 41% | 8% | 26% | 43% |
| Computer Science | 59 | 22% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 58% |
| French | 50 | 19% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 34% |
| Sociology | 45 | 17% | 4% | 29% | 21% | 78% |
| Physics | 38 | 14% | 23% | 53% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 38 | 14% | 23% | 42% | 45% | 97% |
| Chemistry | 38 | 14% | 23% | 45% | 47% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 30 | 11% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 40% |
| Fine Art | 26 | 10% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 35% |
| Film Studies | 15 | 6% | 1% | 13% | 20% | 47% |
| Polish | 8 | 3% | 1% | 75% | 84% | 100% |
| Gujarati | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 44 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 32 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 19 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 14 | — | — |
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83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Crown Hills Community College
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English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
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Fullhurst Community College
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Judgemeadow Community College
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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.