Woodbrook Vale School
Grasmere Road, Loughborough, LE11 2ST
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WOODBROOK VALE SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Fraser
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 830
- Pupils on roll
- 839
- URN
- 137401
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509557560
About this school
Woodbrook Vale School is a secondary academy in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 839 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 166 | 174 | 160 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.1 | 52.4 | 51.2 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.43 +0.22 to +0.65 | +0.44 +0.23 to +0.66 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 58.6% | 52.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 76% | 73% | 70.6% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 77% | 79.9% | 72.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 |
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 Woodbrook Vale 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 | 54.1 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.4 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.2 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 837 |
| 2023/24 | 840 |
| 2024/25 | 830 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Woodbrook Vale School compares
Woodbrook Vale School ranked 10th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.2 | 8.3% | 16.1% | 839 | — |
| De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire | 55.1 | 6.2% | 15.7% | 1,376 | 1.7 miles |
| Charnwood College | 43.9 | 6.6% | 29.1% | 664 | 1.8 miles |
| Limehurst Academy | 48.2 | 9.8% | 35.3% | 656 | 1.9 miles |
| Rawlins | 45 | 10.6% | 20.1% | 1,455 | 2.0 miles |
| Humphrey Perkins School | 48.6 | 7.6% | 18.3% | 863 | 2.8 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report3 March 2026
- 8 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.14%
- English as an additional language
- 11%
- Overall absence
- 8.34%
- Persistent absence
- 20.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire1.7 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Charnwood College1.8 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
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Limehurst Academy1.9 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
-
Rawlins2.0 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
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Humphrey Perkins School2.8 miles
Secondary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
Woodbrook Vale School ranks 2nd of the 8 ranked secondary schools in Loughborough.
- Charnwood College Secondary
- De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire Secondary
- East Leake Academy Secondary
- Humphrey Perkins School Secondary
- Iveshead School Secondary
- Limehurst Academy Secondary
- Rawlins Secondary
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Woodbrook Vale School teach?
- Woodbrook Vale School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Loughborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Woodbrook Vale School?
- The headteacher of Woodbrook Vale School is Mrs Rachael Fraser, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Woodbrook Vale School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Woodbrook Vale School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Woodbrook Vale School?
- Woodbrook Vale School has 839 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Woodbrook Vale School full?
- Woodbrook Vale School has capacity for 830 pupils and 839 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Woodbrook Vale School a faith school?
- No. Woodbrook Vale School has no designated religious character.
- Is Woodbrook Vale School a selective school?
- No. Woodbrook Vale School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Woodbrook Vale School?
- Woodbrook Vale School is part of WOODBROOK VALE SCHOOL. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Woodbrook Vale School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.1 in 2022/23 and 51.2 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Woodbrook Vale School rank locally?
- Woodbrook Vale School ranked 10th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 79% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 15% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Woodbrook Vale School's absence rate?
- Woodbrook Vale School's overall absence rate is 8.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Woodbrook Vale School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Woodbrook Vale 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 15 July 2026.