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Rawlins

Secondary · Loughborough · LE12 8DY

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Requires improvement

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

1,455 pupils · 96% of 1,522 capacity

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
20.6% of pupils
English as additional language
5.5% of pupils
SEN support
12.8% of pupils
EHC plan
6.6% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.rawlins.embracemat.org
URN
137640

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.81 first-choice applications per place

231 places offered · 187 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

244 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
45
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.3%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45.5%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.8
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school45
Median of its 12 closest peers44.1
Leicestershire average46.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

The twelve below are matched on intake alone, from every state school in England, so most are not local. They are the evidence behind the comparison above, not a shortlist. For schools you could realistically apply to, see nearby schools.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
The Angmering SchoolLittlehampton · 136 miles awayGood41
Kingdown SchoolWarminster · 115 miles awayGood42.8
The Romsey SchoolRomsey · 122 miles awayGood46.8
Crofton SchoolFareham · 133 miles awayNeeds attention45.3
Three Rivers AcademyWalton-on-Thames · 100 miles awayGood42.3
Westlands SchoolSittingbourne · 126 miles awayGood40.6
The John of Gaunt SchoolTrowbridge · 108 miles awayGood44.3
Furness AcademyBarrow-in-Furness · 127 miles awayGood42.4
The Sweyne Park SchoolRayleigh · 109 miles awayGood44
The Cottesloe SchoolAylesbury · 62 miles awayExpected standard45.4
Soham Village CollegeEly · 70 miles awayOutstanding51.2
Furze Platt Senior SchoolMaidenhead · 86 miles awayExpected standard47.5

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one: same phase and admissions type, and as near as the data allows on size, free school meals, English as an additional language, SEN and the child poverty of the surrounding area (IDACI 2025). Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable: sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and plain geography all matter and are not in the calculation. Results: DfE performance tables, 2024/2025. How the matching works.

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
60 of 80 places taken places may be available

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
24.2%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 4% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,145
Typical secondary school£7,798

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
90%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
62%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
17%
Any sustained destination
87%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
8/10less deprived than most of England

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG), decile of the small area the school stands in: 1 is the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. IDACI counts only children in low-income families, which is the measure closest to the intake a school is likely to draw on.

Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher41.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12%18.1%
In managerial or professional work44%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways10.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier80.2%62.3%
Social housing6.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.3%20.5%
Detached houses46.6%22.9%
Flats5.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms39.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van10%23.5%

Census 2021 (ONS) for statistical area E01025732 (a lower layer super output area), the neighbourhood of roughly 1,567 adults that the school stands in. These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Children travel in from further away, and for selective, faith and some other schools usually much further. Open Government Licence v3.0.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£370,000212 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to July 2026
Typical range
£268,500–£505,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (92)£520,000
Semi-detached (43)£350,000
Terraced (63)£257,000
Flat (14)£224,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Every residential sale registered with HM Land Registry within 1 km of the school (straight line) since January 2024, market sales of houses and flats only. A sale is dated by completion and registered weeks later, so the most recent months are incomplete. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
1a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
7a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
2a rural school averages 0.9

Every collision reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics (STATS19). "Child pedestrians" counts casualties aged under 16 on foot; "school-run times" means weekdays 07:30–09:00 and 15:00–16:30 outside August. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe: counts rise with traffic and with how built-up an area is, which is why the comparison is with other rural schools. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position. Open Government Licence v3.0.

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