Babington Academy
Academy converter · 1,339 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.0
Free schools
Avanti Fields School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,236of 1,372 places
- Free school meals
- 11.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 184
- Ofsted
- Good, 25 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 111 pupils who finished Year 11 at Avanti Fields School in 2023, 23% moved to a sixth form college, 38% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 89% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.6 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leicester, with 58% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (Spanish entries add up to 89% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.
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 | Avanti Fields School | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 111 | 4,326 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 32% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 23% | 38% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Avanti Fields School | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.6 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 58% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 89% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.11 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 13% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.7 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 54.5 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 53% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 184 | 100% | 88% | 33% | 22% | 82% |
| English Language | 181 | 98% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 75% |
| Religious Studies | 178 | 97% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 66% |
| English Literature | 173 | 94% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 82% |
| Spanish | 164 | 89% | 19% | 19% | 27% | 61% |
| Combined Science | 152 | 83% | 65% | 23% | 9% | 82% |
| Business Studies | 120 | 65% | 18% | 22% | 20% | 68% |
| History | 98 | 53% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 62% |
| Geography | 82 | 45% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 63% |
| Computer Science | 53 | 29% | 13% | 42% | 30% | 83% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 18% | 8% | 3% | 21% | 64% |
| Fine Art | 31 | 17% | 9% | 13% | 28% | 48% |
| Physics | 27 | 15% | 23% | 100% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 15% | 23% | 89% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 27 | 15% | 23% | 89% | 45% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 22 | 12% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 64% |
| Drama | 21 | 11% | 7% | 14% | 27% | 43% |
| Gujarati | 12 | 7% | 0% | 83% | 57% | 100% |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 23 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 18 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leicester
Beaumont Leys School
Community school · 1,062 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Crown Hills Community College
Community school · 1,493 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.4
English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,143 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.0
Fullhurst Community College
Foundation school · 1,441 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.2
Judgemeadow Community College
Academy sponsor led · 975 pupils
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.