Soar Valley College
Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY
1,564 pupils · 100% of 1,560 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 31.3%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 11 March 2025, published 5 May 2025. 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 | 51.5 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 47.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 71.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 30.4% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.99 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 317 | 313 | 821 | 317 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 316 | 330 | 827 | 316 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 319 | 322 | 808 | 319 |
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
- Rushey Mead Academy 0.4 km · Outstanding (2022) · previous system
- The Cedars Academy 3.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Moat Community College 3.1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- The Roundhill Academy 3.2 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Madani Girls' School 3.6 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Madani Boys School 3.6 km · Improved significantly (2025)
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.