Soar Valley College
Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY
This school is closed (it closed in May 2023).
It was replaced by Soar Valley College. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Julie Robinson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 1,560
- Pupils on roll
- 1,566
- URN
- 120286
- Local authority
- Leicester
About this school
Soar Valley College was a community secondary school in Leicester. It taught children aged 11 to 16 and had 1,566 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Soar Valley College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 310 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.3 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.67 +0.50 to +0.83 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 54% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 |
How Soar Valley College compares
Its absence rate was lower than 67% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.3% | 28.2% | 1,566 | — |
| Soar Valley College | 51.5 | 5.4% | 30.5% | 1,564 | 0.0 miles |
| Rushey Mead Academy | 51.6 | 5.7% | 22.4% | 1,804 | 0.3 miles |
| The Cedars Academy | 45.1 | 7.9% | 22.3% | 985 | 1.9 miles |
| Moat Community College | 44.6 | 8.9% | 37.1% | 1,091 | 1.9 miles |
| The Roundhill Academy | 45.9 | 9.3% | 21.4% | 686 | 2.0 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 28.2%
- English as an additional language
- 76.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.3%
- Persistent absence
- 13.2%
Location
Nearby schools
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Soar Valley College0.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Rushey Mead Academy0.3 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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The Cedars Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Moat Community College1.9 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
The Roundhill Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
- Babington Academy Secondary
- Beauchamp College Secondary
- Beaumont Leys School Secondary
- Bosworth Academy Secondary
- Brockington College Secondary
- Brook Mead Academy Secondary
- Brookvale Groby Learning Campus Secondary
- Castle Mead Academy Secondary
- Crown Hills Community College Secondary
- English Martyrs' Catholic School, A Voluntary Academy Secondary
- Fullhurst Community College Secondary
- Gartree High School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Soar Valley College teach?
- Soar Valley College taught children aged 11 to 16. It was a secondary school in Leicester.
- Has Soar Valley College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Soar Valley College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Soar Valley College?
- Soar Valley College had 1,566 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- What are Soar Valley College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Soar Valley College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 12 September 2023.