Sketchley School
Manor Way, Sketchley, Burbage, LE10 3HT
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 7 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Principal
- Miss Laura Russell
- Constituency
- Hinckley and Bosworth
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 80
- Pupils on roll
- 65
- URN
- 135217
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01455890023
About this school
Sketchley School is an independent special school in Burbage. It teaches children aged 7 to 19 and has 65 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Sketchley School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Sketchley School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in April 2007, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Attainment 8 score | 7.8 | 20.9 | 8.3 |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 17% | 22.2% | 0% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 17% | 33.3% | 0% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 0.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Sketchley School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 20.9 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 8.3 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73 |
| 2023/24 | 61 |
| 2024/25 | 74 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 65
- Pupils on SEN support
- 0
Location
Nearby schools
-
Aurora Charnwood School0.9 miles
Special schools
-
Dovetree School1.7 miles
Special schools
-
Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley1.7 miles
Academies · Hinckley
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Lake Haven School2.5 miles
Special schools · Nuneaton
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ALP Nuneaton3.6 miles
Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Sketchley School teach?
- Sketchley School teaches children aged 7 to 19. It is a special school in Burbage.
- Who is the principal of Sketchley School?
- The principal of Sketchley School is Miss Laura Russell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Sketchley School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Sketchley School 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 Sketchley School?
- Sketchley School has 65 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 19.
- Is Sketchley School full?
- Sketchley School has capacity for 80 pupils and 65 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Sketchley School a faith school?
- No. Sketchley School has no designated religious character.
- How have Sketchley School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 7.8 in 2022/23 and 8.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Sketchley School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sketchley School'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 24 July 2026.