Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Community special school
Maplewell Hall School
- Pupils on roll
- 326of 340 places
- Free school meals
- 35.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 46
- Ofsted
- Outstanding, 14 February 2023Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Of the 39 pupils who finished Year 11 at Maplewell Hall School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Maplewell Hall School’s own sixth form (Leicestershire average 28%), 26% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Leicestershire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Maplewell Hall School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 39 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 74% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Maplewell Hall School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 15.9 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 4% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 13% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.23 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 37% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 20.0 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 13.5 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 43 | 93% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| Mathematics | 38 | 83% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 29% |
| English Literature | 23 | 50% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 26% |
| Combined Science | 20 | 43% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 40% |
| Art and Design | 16 | 35% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 63% |
| Biology | 9 | 20% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| History | 5 | 11% | 41% | — | 26% | — |
| Geography | 5 | 11% | 41% | — | 25% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 12 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leicestershire
Beauchamp College
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,309 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Bosworth Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,565 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.6
Brockington College
Academy converter · 1,165 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,476 pupils
82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
Castle Donington College
Academy converter · 684 pupils
79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.2
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.