Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 731of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 11.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 155
- Ofsted
- Improved significantly, 11 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Saint Martin's Catholic School, Stoke Golding, Leicestershire (URN 120305, until 1 July 2012).
What the data says
Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary Academy has no sixth form. Of the 137 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 12% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 63% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 92% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, Saint Martin's Catholic Voluntary 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 | This school | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 137 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 87% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 44% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 12% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 54.3 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 63% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 79% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 62% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.99 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 14% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.9 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 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 | 151 | 97% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 89% |
| English Language | 151 | 97% | 89% | 32% | 20% | 83% |
| English Literature | 146 | 94% | 86% | 36% | 21% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 142 | 92% | 31% | 39% | 32% | 87% |
| Combined Science | 138 | 89% | 65% | 29% | 9% | 86% |
| Geography | 83 | 54% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 82% |
| History | 52 | 34% | 41% | 40% | 26% | 87% |
| French | 52 | 34% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 77% |
| Spanish | 45 | 29% | 19% | 42% | 27% | 89% |
| Business Studies | 43 | 28% | 18% | 40% | 20% | 88% |
| Physical Education | 38 | 25% | 11% | 21% | 24% | 92% |
| Fine Art | 23 | 15% | 9% | 35% | 28% | 78% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 10% | 11% | 13% | 23% | 53% |
| Drama | 11 | 7% | 7% | 45% | 27% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 8 | 5% | 13% | 38% | 30% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 8 | 5% | 23% | 88% | 47% | 88% |
| Physics | 8 | 5% | 23% | 88% | 46% | 88% |
| Biology | 8 | 5% | 23% | 88% | 45% | 88% |
| Music | 7 | 5% | 5% | 29% | 33% | 100% |
| Polish | 4 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Dance | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 27% | — |
| Media Studies | 1 | 1% | 4% | — | 20% | — |
| Photography | 1 | 1% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 10 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 8 | — | — |
| Tourism | 7 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Leicestershire
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9
Bosworth Academy
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Brockington College
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Brookvale Groby Learning Campus
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Castle Donington College
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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.