Soar Valley College
Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mr Neetin Pabari
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leicester East
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,560
- Pupils on roll
- 1,564
- URN
- 148877
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162669625
About this school
Soar Valley College is a secondary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 1,564 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 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
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 310 | 309 |
| Attainment 8 score | 51.7 | 51.5 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.74 +0.57 to +0.90 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 57.7% | 47.9% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71.6% | 71.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 26.1% | 30.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.4 | 4.4 |
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 Soar Valley College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 40.7 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 51.7 | 42.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.5 | 46.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,565 |
| 2024/25 | 1,564 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Soar Valley College compares
Soar Valley College ranked 8th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.5 | 5.4% | 30.5% | 1,564 | — |
| 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 |
| Madani Boys School | 52.2 | 5.9% | 23.9% | 450 | 2.2 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)
- 30.5%
- English as an additional language
- 76.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.39%
- Persistent absence
- 13.02%
Location
Nearby schools
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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
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The Roundhill Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Leicester
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Madani Boys School2.2 miles
Secondary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Soar Valley College ranks 11th 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 Soar Valley College teach?
- Soar Valley College teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Soar Valley College?
- The headteacher of Soar Valley College is Mr Neetin Pabari, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Soar Valley College last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Soar Valley College, 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 Soar Valley College?
- Soar Valley College has 1,564 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Soar Valley College full?
- Soar Valley College has capacity for 1,560 pupils and 1,564 on roll (100%), 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 Soar Valley College a faith school?
- No. Soar Valley College has no designated religious character.
- Is Soar Valley College a selective school?
- No. Soar Valley College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Soar Valley College?
- Soar Valley College is part of ASPIRE LEARNING PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Soar Valley College's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 51.7 in 2023/24 and 51.5 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Soar Valley College rank locally?
- Soar Valley College ranked 8th of 19 secondary schools in Leicester for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Soar Valley College's absence rate?
- Soar Valley College's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- 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 10 July 2026.