Woodbrook Vale School
Grasmere Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ST
839 pupils · 101% of 830 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WOODBROOK VALE SCHOOL
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Free school meals
- 18.5%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2026) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 3 March 2026, published 29 June 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 51.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 52.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 70.6% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 72.5% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.29 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 162 | 209 | 461 | 162 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 160 | 159 | 376 | 160 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 164 | 177 | 375 | 164 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 165 | 191 | 365 | 165 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 157 | 189 | 291 | 157 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 159 | 224 | 322 | 159 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 156 | 193 | 289 | 156 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 187 | 193 | 303 | 187 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire 2.7 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Charnwood College 2.9 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Limehurst Academy 3 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Rawlins 3.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Humphrey Perkins School 4.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Iveshead School 5.2 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.