Wreake Valley Academy
Parkstone Road, Syston, Leicester, LE7 1LY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Principal
- Mr Ben Rackley
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Bradgate Education Partnership
- SEN provision
- OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,482
- Pupils on roll
- 1,148
- URN
- 137983
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162641080
About this school
Wreake Valley Academy is a secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 1,148 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 135 | 114 | 149 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.9 | 42.4 | 39.7 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.61 -0.85 to -0.37 | -0.60 -0.86 to -0.33 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 41% | 44.7% | 34.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 66% | 66.7% | 59.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 6% | 0.9% | 5.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.1 |
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 Wreake Valley Academy 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 | 39.9 | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 42.4 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 39.7 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 952 |
| 2023/24 | 1,048 |
| 2024/25 | 1,126 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wreake Valley Academy compares
Wreake Valley Academy ranked 39th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 39.7 | 11.4% | 21.4% | 1,148 | — |
| The Roundhill Academy | 45.9 | 9.3% | 21.4% | 686 | 1.5 miles |
| The Cedars Academy | 45.1 | 7.9% | 22.3% | 985 | 2.5 miles |
| Rushey Mead Academy | 51.6 | 5.7% | 22.4% | 1,804 | 3.4 miles |
| Soar Valley College | 51.5 | 5.4% | 30.5% | 1,564 | 3.4 miles |
| Orchard Mead Academy | 38.9 | 11.3% | 39.6% | 1,007 | 3.7 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 report28 April 2026
- 9 February 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.36%
- English as an additional language
- 6.2%
- Overall absence
- 11.37%
- Persistent absence
- 31.81%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Roundhill Academy1.5 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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The Cedars Academy2.5 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Rushey Mead Academy3.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Soar Valley College3.4 miles
Secondary · Leicester
-
Orchard Mead Academy3.7 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Wreake Valley Academy ranks 27th of the 33 ranked secondary 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 Wreake Valley Academy teach?
- Wreake Valley Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the principal of Wreake Valley Academy?
- The principal of Wreake Valley Academy is Mr Ben Rackley, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wreake Valley Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wreake Valley Academy, 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 Wreake Valley Academy?
- Wreake Valley Academy has 1,148 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is Wreake Valley Academy full?
- Wreake Valley Academy has capacity for 1,482 pupils and 1,148 on roll (77%), 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 Wreake Valley Academy a faith school?
- No. Wreake Valley Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Wreake Valley Academy a selective school?
- No. Wreake Valley Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Wreake Valley Academy?
- Wreake Valley Academy is part of BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Wreake Valley Academy have?
- The schools register lists Wreake Valley Academy's special educational needs provision as: OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Wreake Valley Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39.9 in 2022/23 and 39.7 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wreake Valley Academy rank locally?
- Wreake Valley Academy ranked 39th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 37% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 5% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wreake Valley Academy's absence rate?
- Wreake Valley Academy's overall absence rate is 11.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wreake Valley Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wreake Valley Academy'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.