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Woodbrook Vale School

Loughborough, LE11 2ST · Leicestershire · secondary school

Ofsted report card · 2026 Lowest area: Needs attention Mixed Secondary
5.3/10 Broadly average

18th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire we can score, 44 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to the 855 schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 6.8/10 among them, against 7.5/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 12 35% 0.43
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 52.5 · 69 30% 2.08
Progress 8 2023/24 0.44 · 81 25% 2.03
Attainment 8 2024/25 51.2 · 75 10% 0.75

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. The school is rated Good by Ofsted, inspected in 2026-03. In 2024/25, 52.5% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 51.2, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.44 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to the schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — a tougher field — and it places 6.8 out of 10 among them, against 7.5 out of 10 nationally.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Duke of Edinburgh Award, Futures Award, and Accelerated Reader clubs, earn an Arts Award, and attend a ski trip in 2026.

Getting in. There are 830 pupils in a school with 830 places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils who need extra help to reach the national median in Attainment 8? What specific steps are taken to secure a place for a new student when the school is at full capacity? How does the Progress 8 score of +0.44 translate into day-to-day teaching strategies for different ability groups?

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