Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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The Martin High School Anstey
- Pupils on roll
- 781of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 171
- Ofsted
- Good, 16 April 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Martin High School Anstey (URN 120255, until 1 February 2012).
What the data says
The Martin High School Anstey has no sixth form. Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 18% moved to a sixth form college, 56% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.6 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 44% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Martin High School Anstey 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 | This school | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 82% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 8% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 18% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 56% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.6 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 59% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.11 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 16% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.0 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.5 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 8% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 164 | 96% | 88% | 18% | 22% | 72% |
| English Language | 164 | 96% | 89% | 15% | 20% | 74% |
| English Literature | 159 | 93% | 86% | 16% | 21% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 128 | 75% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 98 | 57% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 58% |
| French | 97 | 57% | 18% | 11% | 29% | 69% |
| Geography | 75 | 44% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 79% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 27% | 8% | 2% | 21% | 39% |
| Biology | 34 | 20% | 23% | 62% | 45% | 91% |
| Fine Art | 34 | 20% | 9% | 15% | 28% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 32 | 19% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 53% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 18% | 23% | 74% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 31 | 18% | 23% | 74% | 46% | 100% |
| Drama | 18 | 11% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 56% |
| Media Studies | 16 | 9% | 4% | 6% | 20% | 69% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Textiles | 2 | 1% | 2% | — | 27% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Graphic Communication | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 23% | — |
| Film Studies | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 61 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 35 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 26 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 15 | — | — |
| Beauty Care / Services | 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.