Woodbrook Vale SchoolRawlins

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Loughborough.

Summary of the comparison

Woodbrook Vale School and Rawlins are secondary schools in Loughborough.

  • Woodbrook Vale School scores 65 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Rawlins scores 55 out of 100 (grade C, average). Woodbrook Vale School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Woodbrook Vale School was judged the expected standard and Rawlins was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 51.2 for Woodbrook Vale School and 45.0 for Rawlins.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Woodbrook Vale School (56.0 in 2021-22, 51.2 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Rawlins (47.7 in 2021-22, 45.0 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Woodbrook Vale School versus Rawlins compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure LoughboroughWoodbrook Vale SchoolLoughboroughRawlinsEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC65/100Stronger figureC55/100
Local ranking9th of 44 in Leicestershire Stronger figure26th of 44 in Leicestershire
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll830 1,506
Capacity830 1,522
LocationLoughborough, LE11 2ST Loughborough, LE12 8DY
GCSE results
Attainment 851.2 Stronger figure45.0 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths52.5% Stronger figure45.5% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths70.6% Stronger figure64.3% 64.8%
Entering EBacc72.5% Stronger figure12.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.86 Stronger figure3.76 4.09
Cohort160 244
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported160
A-level average pointsNot reported37.7 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedB-
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported37.2 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported17.6% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census830 1,506
Free school meals (ever 6)16.1% 20.1%
English as an additional language11.0% 5.5%
SEN support14.9% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 6.6%
Attendance
Overall absence8.3% Stronger figure10.6% 6.2%
Persistent absence20.8% Stronger figure28.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Woodbrook Vale School

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