Soar Valley College is a secondary school located in Leicester. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 07/11/2014. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY
Website: http://www.soarvalley.leicester.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01162669625
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Leicester
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Julie Robinson
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 120286

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/11/2014

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1560
Number of Pupils: 1565
Number of Boys: 807
Number of Girls: 758

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.4% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.49 Confidence interval 0.32 to 0.65
Of the 253 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 238 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:22%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:46%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:48.3
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.06
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wyvern Primary School
Wyvern Avenue , LE4 7HH 		3out of 4 377 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Herrick Primary School
Lockerbie Avenue , Rushey Mead LE4 7NJ 		3out of 4 488 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Rushey Mead Primary School
Gipsy Lane , LE4 6RB 		3out of 4 621 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Mellor Community Primary School
Checketts Road , LE4 5EQ 		3out of 4 862 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy
Harrison Road , LE4 6QN 		3out of 4 955 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Soar Valley College
Gleneagles Avenue , LE4 7GY 		4out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Rushey Mead Academy
Melton Road , LE4 7AN 		4out of 4 468 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Gateway Sixth Form College
Colin Grundy Drive , LE5 1GA 		- not rated 2,629 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Darul Uloom Leicester
119 Loughborough Road , LE4 5LN 		- not rated 1,301 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Oakham House
493 Gypsy Lane , Humberstone LE5 0TD 		- not rated 1,802 yd Miscellaneous Not Applicable Not applicable More About School
Jameah Boys Academy
33 Wood Hill , Leicester LE5 3SQ 		- not rated 2,706 yd Other independent school No Boys More About School
Jameah Academy
49 Rolleston Street , LE5 3SD 		- not rated 2,749 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School
The Mulberry School
St George's House, William Street , LE1 1RW 		- not rated 3,108 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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