Brockington College

Academy converter·Secondary school Leicestershire·LE19 4AQ
Composite score
58.5
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#1,382
National rank
#112
In East Midlands
#20
In Leicestershire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
44%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
68%
% EBacc grade 5+
8%
EBacc average points score
3.92

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
185 first choices, 234 places
First choices per place
0.79
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
425
any preference, for 234 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
1.0020220.9220230.9020240.8220250.792026

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

Every child who put Brockington College first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
6.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.4%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,243
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%
237 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
82%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
4%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Brockington College

Brockington College is a secondary school in Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 1,199 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.8 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

44% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 68% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Brockington College their first choice was offered one of its 234 Year 7 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 8.4%. There are about 22.4 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Brockington College, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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