Soar Valley College
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.373 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Soar Valley College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 March 2025. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Soar Valley College catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.373 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.373 miles away, the 2nd longest of 7 Leicester secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That Year 7 2026 distance was further than in 2025 and in 2023, and the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Year 7 2026 drew 313 first-choice applications for 317 offers; 282 offers went to first-choice families, and 31 first-choice families (10%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 51.5 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Gleneagles Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7GY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,564 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 March 2025
Strengths
- “There is a very strong sense of community at the school, where pupils and staff genuinely care for one another.”
- “Pupils are especially respectful of each other.”
- “Relationships are particularly strong.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.5 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 313 first-preference applications, 317 offers in total, 282 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Rushey Mead Academy 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Moat Community College 1.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Madani Boys School 2.2 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madani Girls' School 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Babington Academy 2.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Crown Hills Community College 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Castle Mead Academy 2.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beaumont Leys School 2.3 mi Not judged Last distance published