Ashby School, Ashby-De-La-Zouch

In 2026, pupils at Ashby School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.4, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 47% in Leicestershire and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 48.1.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.14: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 35.2, against 49.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, French and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 231 families put Ashby School as their first choice and 536 named it as one of their preferences, for 228 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 18 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Ashby School are Ivanhoe School (0.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.5); Granville Academy (3.6 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 45); The Newbridge School (4.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 38.8); and The Pingle Academy (4.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.4).

Ashby School's 2026 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Ashby School is one of 10 schools run by Life Multi-Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Of the 343 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 40% to a further education college, 7% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 241 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 55% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 17% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

11.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 3.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 153 pupils (9.2%) received SEN support and 41 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Ashby School.

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is School (adjacent), 90 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Ashby School stands in is among the 10% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 125 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Ashby School issued 251 suspensions, 14.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Ashby School are Woodcote Primary School (0.5 miles), Ashby-de-la-Zouch Church of England Primary School (0.6 miles), Ashby Hastings Primary School (0.9 miles) and Ashby Hill Top Primary School (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.