Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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Limehurst Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 656of 600 places
- Free school meals
- 39.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 129
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 6 April 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Limehurst High School (URN 120243, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Limehurst Academy has no sixth form. Of the 125 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
French is unusually popular at GCSE: 53% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 54% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 2% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | Limehurst Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 125 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 92% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 30% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Limehurst Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 48.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 75% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.61 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.5 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 53.5 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 67% | 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 | 127 | 98% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 74% |
| Mathematics | 127 | 98% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 73% |
| English Literature | 124 | 96% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 98 | 76% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 46% |
| History | 79 | 61% | 41% | 27% | 26% | 71% |
| French | 68 | 53% | 18% | 22% | 29% | 74% |
| Citizenship Studies | 53 | 41% | 3% | 19% | 19% | 75% |
| Geography | 47 | 36% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 60% |
| Spanish | 31 | 24% | 19% | 39% | 27% | 77% |
| Physical Education | 28 | 22% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 68% |
| Biology | 27 | 21% | 23% | 56% | 45% | 96% |
| Physics | 27 | 21% | 23% | 56% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 27 | 21% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 100% |
| Textiles | 26 | 20% | 2% | 15% | 27% | 96% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 12% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 73% |
| Fine Art | 15 | 12% | 9% | 47% | 28% | 87% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 13 | 10% | 8% | 8% | 21% | 38% |
| 3D Design | 10 | 8% | 2% | 0% | 16% | 60% |
| Drama | 9 | 7% | 7% | 33% | 27% | 78% |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Sports / Movement Science | 19 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 1 | — | — |
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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.