Ashby School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,669 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.1
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The Priory Belvoir Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 672of 650 places
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 139
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 7 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Belvoir High School and Melton Vale Post 16 Centre (URN 120259, until 1 October 2012).
What the data says
The Priory Belvoir Academy has no sixth form. Of the 127 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 52% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 21% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.3 against 46.1 across England and 46.2 in Leicestershire, with 41% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, The Priory Belvoir 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 | The Priory Belvoir Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 127 | 7,799 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 84% | 85% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 32% | 28% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 10% | 13% |
| — further education college | 52% | 44% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | The Priory Belvoir Academy | Leicestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.3 | 46.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 47% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 67% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 42% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | 4.13 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 19% | 19% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.8 | 32.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.7 | 49.5 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 1% | 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 | 139 | 100% | 89% | 18% | 20% | 73% |
| Mathematics | 139 | 100% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 64% |
| English Literature | 135 | 97% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 79% |
| Combined Science | 108 | 78% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 43% |
| History | 84 | 60% | 41% | 33% | 26% | 80% |
| Geography | 81 | 58% | 41% | 14% | 25% | 53% |
| French | 53 | 38% | 18% | 21% | 29% | 66% |
| Fine Art | 49 | 35% | 9% | 8% | 28% | 31% |
| Physical Education | 48 | 35% | 11% | 29% | 24% | 67% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 42 | 30% | 8% | 29% | 21% | 90% |
| Physics | 30 | 22% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 93% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 22% | 23% | 20% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 30 | 22% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 97% |
| Business Studies | 29 | 21% | 18% | 10% | 20% | 55% |
| Sociology | 29 | 21% | 4% | 14% | 21% | 62% |
| Religious Studies | 23 | 17% | 31% | 30% | 32% | 70% |
| Media Studies | 23 | 17% | 4% | 9% | 20% | 61% |
| Drama | 16 | 12% | 7% | 31% | 27% | 69% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 11% | 11% | 7% | 23% | 33% |
| Music | 11 | 8% | 5% | 18% | 33% | 64% |
| Photography | 5 | 4% | 6% | — | 19% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
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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.