Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
Welland Park Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,014of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 13.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 181
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 12 February 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Welland Park Community College (URN 120246, until 1 August 2011).
What the data says
Welland Park Academy has no sixth form. Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 24% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 66% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Welland Park Academy is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Welland Park Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 202 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 86% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 19% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 24% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Welland Park Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 53.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 66% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 35% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.73 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 17% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.4 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.9 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 6% | 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 | 180 | 99% | 89% | 26% | 20% | 86% |
| Mathematics | 180 | 99% | 88% | 32% | 22% | 82% |
| English Literature | 178 | 98% | 86% | 17% | 21% | 86% |
| Combined Science | 113 | 62% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 64% |
| Geography | 94 | 52% | 41% | 32% | 25% | 72% |
| Physics | 65 | 36% | 23% | 46% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 65 | 36% | 23% | 55% | 45% | 98% |
| Chemistry | 65 | 36% | 23% | 45% | 47% | 100% |
| History | 59 | 33% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 86% |
| Business Studies | 54 | 30% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 78% |
| French | 33 | 18% | 18% | 39% | 29% | 91% |
| Statistics | 30 | 17% | 5% | 80% | 20% | 100% |
| German | 30 | 17% | 5% | 27% | 33% | 100% |
| Media Studies | 29 | 16% | 4% | 14% | 20% | 66% |
| Computer Science | 27 | 15% | 13% | 33% | 30% | 70% |
| Spanish | 26 | 14% | 19% | 50% | 27% | 92% |
| Physical Education | 19 | 10% | 11% | 53% | 24% | 100% |
| Fine Art | 19 | 10% | 9% | 63% | 28% | 84% |
| Music | 18 | 10% | 5% | 44% | 33% | 89% |
| Religious Studies | 16 | 9% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 88% |
| Drama | 13 | 7% | 7% | 46% | 27% | 77% |
| Design and Technology | 13 | 7% | 11% | 31% | 23% | 69% |
| Textiles | 10 | 6% | 2% | 20% | 27% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 9 | 5% | 8% | 22% | 21% | 89% |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 27 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 17 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
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Castle Donington College
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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.