The Priory Belvoir Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 6 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138819
Address
Barkestone Lane, Bottesford, NG13 0AX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
693 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.9%
Girls
48.1%
First language not English
0.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
16.2%
Persistent absence
17.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.7%
Mixed 3.2%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other White 1%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
African 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 39%
Local authority average 42%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.2
Local authority average 46.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.03
Local authority average 4.13
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE49
BiologyGCSE30
Business Studies:SingleGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE30
ChineseGCSE1
Design & TechnologyGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE135
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE42
FrenchGCSE53
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

The Priory Belvoir Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
135
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
122
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
57
From another Local Authority
162
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
122
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes26.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
138
77
61
Year 8
141
68
73
Year 9
138
71
67
Year 10
137
71
66
Year 11
139
73
66
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
84.3%
85.5%
Further education
52.0%
44.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
32.0%
28.6%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
10.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
3.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.8%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.0%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.7%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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