Ashby School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
148549
Address
Nottingham Road, LE65 1DT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1527 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
46.9%
Girls
53.1%
First language not English
3.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
10.7%
Persistent absence
16.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.1%
Mixed 3.2%
Other White 2.9%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
African 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
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
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 38%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 43
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.89
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award48
Music Studies (General)Technical Award15
Art & DesignGCSE83
BiologyGCSE82
Business Studies:SingleGCSE119
ChemistryGCSE81
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE60
Design & TechnologyGCSE161
Applied EngineeringGCSE100
English LanguageGCSE502
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ashby School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
221
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
252
2nd preference
178
3rd preference
84
From another Local Authority
22
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
219
2nd preference
2
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
108
110
Year 8
222
102
120
Year 10
257
122
135
Year 11
348
163
185
Year 12
245
102
143
Year 13
237
119
118
Year 2023-2024

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