Bosworth Academy

Academy converter·Secondary school Leicestershire·LE9 9JL
Composite score
60.8
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#1,113
National rank
#90
In East Midlands
#12
In Leicestershire
Top 35%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
55%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
74%
% EBacc grade 5+
25%
EBacc average points score
4.56

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
84%
276 first choices, 238 places
First choices per place
1.16
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
781
any preference, for 238 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.52
1 per place
1.4420221.3120231.1620241.1320251.162026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Leicestershire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Bosworth Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,557
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
13.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.5%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
19.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,013
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
244 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
81%
Apprenticeship
8%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Bosworth Academy

Bosworth Academy is a secondary school in Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,557 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.6 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 0.9 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 35% of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 74% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Bosworth Academy is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 276 first choices for 238 places. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.9%. There are about 18.8 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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