The Market Bosworth School

Academy converter·Secondary school Nuneaton, Leicestershire·CV13 0JT
Composite score
74.4
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National rank
#13
In East Midlands
#1
In Leicestershire
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
59.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
72%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
86%
% EBacc grade 5+
39%
EBacc average points score
5.39

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
76%
228 first choices, 173 places
First choices per place
1.32
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
486
any preference, for 173 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.18
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0320221.1420231.1520241.1420251.322026

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 The Market Bosworth School. 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
840
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
11.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
1.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.2
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,193
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
96%
163 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
7%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

The Market Bosworth School at a glance

Located in Nuneaton, Leicestershire, The Market Bosworth School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 840 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Outstanding' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 59.5, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.1 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of secondary schools in England.

72% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 86% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 76% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (228 first choices for 173 places). After Year 11, 96% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 15.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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