Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
Academy converter
The Newbridge School
- Pupils on roll
- 863of 840 places
- Free school meals
- 26.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 137
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Newbridge High School (URN 120239, until 1 July 2012).
What the data says
The Newbridge School has no sixth form. Of the 158 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 1% moved to a sixth form college, 77% to a further education college and 6% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.2 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Design and Technology is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 11% of pupils across England.
As an 11–16 school, The Newbridge School 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 | The Newbridge School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 158 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 83% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 5% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 1% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 77% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 6% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Newbridge School | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 41.2 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 54% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 26% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.50 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 32.1 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 45.0 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 13% | 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 | 134 | 98% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 68% |
| Mathematics | 134 | 98% | 88% | 8% | 22% | 58% |
| English Literature | 128 | 93% | 86% | 13% | 21% | 73% |
| Combined Science | 112 | 82% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 53% |
| Geography | 92 | 67% | 41% | 7% | 25% | 38% |
| History | 60 | 44% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 67% |
| Business Studies | 52 | 38% | 18% | 10% | 20% | 40% |
| Design and Technology | 34 | 25% | 11% | 3% | 23% | 50% |
| French | 32 | 23% | 18% | 9% | 29% | 75% |
| Fine Art | 27 | 20% | 9% | 19% | 28% | 81% |
| Citizenship Studies | 26 | 19% | 3% | 15% | 19% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 17 | 12% | 31% | 35% | 32% | 82% |
| Biology | 16 | 12% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 94% |
| Chemistry | 15 | 11% | 23% | 40% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 15 | 11% | 23% | 27% | 46% | 100% |
| Polish | 5 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| Film Studies | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 36 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 35 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 11 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 7 | — | — |
| Dance: General | 5 | — | — |
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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.