Iveshead School, Loughborough

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted that you are considering a future at Iveshead School for your child. It is a very exciting time for our school. Iveshead was been formed from the merger of two highly respected and successful schools - Shepshed High School and Hind Leys College."

In 2026, pupils at Iveshead School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 44.2, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.8 in Leicestershire and 47 across England.

38% 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 43.7.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.37: 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 32.7, against 46.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 13.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Geography and German.

For September 2026 entry, 172 families put Iveshead School as their first choice and 281 named it as one of their preferences, for 164 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 16 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Iveshead School are Charnwood College (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 48.6); De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 57.5); Limehurst Academy (3.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 46.4); and Woodbrook Vale School (3.2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Iveshead School.

Iveshead School is one of 8 schools run by Mowbray Education Trust Limited, an academy trust.

129 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Iveshead School (as of September 2025): 47% would recommend the school, 61% say their child is happy there and 28% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (63%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (28%).

Of the 159 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 65% to a further education college, 4% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 44 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 32% went on to university or other higher education, 16% to apprenticeships and 25% into work. 19% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

4.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 177 pupils (18%) received SEN support and 64 (6.5%) 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 a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

Iveshead School has a resourced provision for autism and social, emotional and mental health needs: 33 places, 16 pupils on roll.

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

In August 2026, police recorded 87 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Iveshead School issued 253 suspensions, 25.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Iveshead School are St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (under 0.1 miles); Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire (0.4 miles); Newcroft Primary Academy (0.5 miles); and Oxley Primary School Shepshed (0.8 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.