Woodbrook Vale School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 8 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
137401
Address
Grasmere Road, LE11 2ST

Pupils

Number of Pupils
840 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
50.6%
Girls
49.4%
First language not English
10.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.3%
Persistent absence
19.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 74.2%
Mixed 6.2%
Indian 6.2%
Other White 4.9%
Chinese 2.5%
Other 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1.3%
Unclassified 1.2%
Other Asian 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
African 0.5%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.43
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.1
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.04
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award31
TourismTechnical Award19
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)18
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE20
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE39
BiologyGCSE57
Business Studies:SingleGCSE51
ChemistryGCSE57
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE21
English LanguageGCSE166
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Woodbrook Vale School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
164
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
177
2nd preference
118
3rd preference
80
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
4
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
171
80
91
Year 8
165
80
85
Year 9
168
83
85
Year 10
162
81
81
Year 11
174
101
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
70.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
18.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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