Avanti Fields School
Free schools · 1,236 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
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Soar Valley College
- Pupils on roll
- 1,564of 1,560 places
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 309
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 11 March 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Soar Valley College (URN 120286, until 1 May 2023).
What the data says
Soar Valley College has no sixth form. Of the 310 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 49% moved to a sixth form college and 25% to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 49% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 99% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 51.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.5 in Leicester, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Soar Valley College | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 310 | 4,326 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 89% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 87% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 19% | 18% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 49% | 38% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 29% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | — | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 5% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Soar Valley College | Leicester | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 51.5 | 45.5 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 43% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.40 | 4.02 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 32% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 47.2 | 35.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.4 | 50.1 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 85% | 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 | 308 | 100% | 88% | 27% | 22% | 76% |
| English Language | 308 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 72% |
| English Literature | 307 | 99% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 80% |
| Religious Studies | 305 | 99% | 31% | 23% | 32% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 251 | 81% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 68% |
| Geography | 137 | 44% | 41% | 22% | 25% | 69% |
| History | 114 | 37% | 41% | 26% | 26% | 75% |
| Computer Science | 105 | 34% | 13% | 31% | 30% | 78% |
| French | 74 | 24% | 18% | 31% | 29% | 86% |
| Design and Technology | 60 | 19% | 11% | 18% | 23% | 72% |
| Chemistry | 52 | 17% | 23% | 71% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 52 | 17% | 23% | 62% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 52 | 17% | 23% | 50% | 45% | 100% |
| Photography | 49 | 16% | 6% | 31% | 19% | 96% |
| Graphic Communication | 45 | 15% | 1% | 44% | 23% | 98% |
| Citizenship Studies | 43 | 14% | 3% | 47% | 19% | 98% |
| German | 41 | 13% | 5% | 49% | 33% | 90% |
| Fine Art | 24 | 8% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 79% |
| Music | 22 | 7% | 5% | 5% | 33% | 41% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 6% | 8% | 17% | 21% | 72% |
| Drama | 18 | 6% | 7% | 11% | 27% | 61% |
| Gujarati | 5 | 2% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 45 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 38 | — | — |
| Multimedia | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 1 | — | — |
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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.