The Newbridge School

Academy converter·Secondary school Coalville, Leicestershire·LE67 3SJ
Composite score
51.5
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#2,350
National rank
#191
In East Midlands
#36
In Leicestershire
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
41.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
54%
% EBacc grade 5+
9%
EBacc average points score
3.50

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
90%
186 first choices, 172 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
363
any preference, for 172 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1620220.9620230.9020241.0220251.082026

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 Newbridge 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
813
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
24.6%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
9.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
10.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
28.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.6
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,744
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
91%
158 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
83%
Apprenticeship
6%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

The Newbridge School is a secondary school serving Coalville, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 813 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 41.2 — below the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 54% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. The Newbridge School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 186 first choices for 172 places. After Year 11, 91% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 10.7%. There are about 19.6 pupils per teacher. The Newbridge School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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