Soar Valley College
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B76
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leicester, LE4 7GY
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Rushey Mead Academy
Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7AN
Local ranking1st of 21 secondary schools in Leicester
Ofsted: ExceptionalUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1620
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 May 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Curriculum & teaching
- Exceptional
- Attendance & behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership & governance
- Exceptional
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 56.8 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 61.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 78.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 352
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 93.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1779
- Boys
- 956 (53%)
- Girls
- 848 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1620 (111% full)
- SEND
- 12.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.4%
- EAL
- 89.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.7:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 106.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,805/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 16.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Asian Indian: 74.5%
- Asian Other: 9.5%
- White British: 2.7%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.2%
- Black African: 2.1%
- Other: 1.4%
74.5%
Asian Indian
9.5%
Asian Other
2.7%
White British
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141916
- UKPRN
- 10053880
- Establishment No.
- 4244
- Trust
- THE MEAD EDUCATIONAL TRUST
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