Ibstock School
Central Avenue, Ibstock, LE67 6NE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Mrs Nicola Koncarevic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- LIFE Multi-Academy Trust
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 725
- Pupils on roll
- 689
- URN
- 138721
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01530260705
About this school
Ibstock School is a secondary academy in Ibstock. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 689 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 118 | 179 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 | 41.5 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.61 -0.86 to -0.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35.6% | 38% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 50.8% | 59.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 13.6% | 12.8% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.5 |
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 Ibstock 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 | — | 37.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 39 | 37.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.5 | 36.9 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 12.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 11.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 709 |
| 2023/24 | 808 |
| 2024/25 | 740 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ibstock School compares
Ibstock School ranked 36th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.5 | 11.9% | 21.9% | 689 | — |
| The Newbridge School | 41.2 | 9.8% | 24.6% | 863 | 2.4 miles |
| South Charnwood High School | 46.5 | 6.5% | 16% | 866 | 4.1 miles |
| The Castle Rock School | 42.5 | 10.5% | 25.2% | 1,060 | 4.2 miles |
| The Market Bosworth School | 59.5 | 6.6% | 11.2% | 842 | 4.5 miles |
| Ashby School | 48.1 | 8.3% | 12.9% | 1,669 | 4.9 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 21.89%
- English as an additional language
- 3.4%
- Overall absence
- 11.91%
- Persistent absence
- 29.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Newbridge School2.4 miles
Secondary · Coalville
-
South Charnwood High School4.1 miles
Secondary · Markfield
-
The Castle Rock School4.2 miles
Secondary · Coalville
-
The Market Bosworth School4.5 miles
Secondary · Nuneaton
-
Ashby School4.9 miles
Secondary · Ashby-De-La-Zouch
Other schools in Ibstock
Common questions
- What year groups does Ibstock School teach?
- Ibstock School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Ibstock.
- Who is the principal of Ibstock School?
- The principal of Ibstock School is Mrs Nicola Koncarevic, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ibstock School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ibstock 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 Ibstock School?
- Ibstock School has 689 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Ibstock School full?
- Ibstock School has capacity for 725 pupils and 689 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Ibstock School a faith school?
- No. Ibstock School has no designated religious character.
- Is Ibstock School a selective school?
- No. Ibstock School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Ibstock School?
- Ibstock School is part of LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ibstock School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39 in 2023/24 and 41.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Ibstock School rank locally?
- Ibstock School ranked 36th of 43 secondary schools in Leicestershire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 4% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ibstock School's absence rate?
- Ibstock School's overall absence rate is 11.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ibstock School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ibstock 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 1 July 2026.