Secondary school

Avanti Fields School

  • Free School
  • ages 3–16
  • Mixed
  • Hindu
  • Leicester
  • LE5 0BX
  • Not applicable
Ofsted Good · inspected Apr 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 664 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 21%

Top % in England, by year
2022/23: top 29%29%2023/24: top 38%2024/25: top 21%

Against East Midlands

Attainment 852.6 · East Midlands 459/10 Top 20%
Grade 5+ English and maths58.2% · East Midlands 41.6%9/10 Top 20%
EBacc point score5.11 · East Midlands 3.9210/10 Top 10%
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.46 · East Midlands −0.069/10 Top 20%
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Attainment 8
2022/23: 50.3 · 111 pupils · East Midlands 44.62023/24: 48.2 · 176 pupils · East Midlands 44.952024/25: 52.6 · 184 pupils · East Midlands 45.0552.648.2
Grade 5+ English and maths
2022/23: 55% · 111 pupils · East Midlands 41%2023/24: 51.1% · 176 pupils · East Midlands 43.8%2024/25: 58.2% · 184 pupils · East Midlands 41.6%58.2%51.1%

Getting in · 2026

Reception

First-choice families who got in61%
60 of 99 who put it first2022 · 100.0%2026 · 60.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st9960
2nd430
3rd90

Year 7

First-choice families who got in78.4%
167 of 213 who put it first2019 · 100.0%2026 · 78.4%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st213167
2nd6910
3rd1127

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2023

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,236
Free school meals (past 6 years)10.3%
First language not English51.4%
SEN support7.2%
EHC plan1.4%
Absence (sessions missed)5.3%
Persistently absent pupils13.9%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

90.1% full · 1,372 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher18.8
Pupils per adult13.3
  • Classroom teachers 56.9
  • Leadership 8
  • Teaching assistants 17
  • Other support 18.6

Teachers 64.9 FTE · Whole workforce 100.5 · 111 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£7,345
Spend per pupil£5,508
Staff spend per pupil£4,474
Reserve per pupil£0
  • £0revenue reserve
  • +£2,137,000in-year balance

Grants £7,299 · self-generated £46 · premises £274 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: AVANTI SCHOOLS TRUST (12 academies) · trust reserve £8,594,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

176 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained94.9%
  • Education93.2%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment0.6%
  • Not sustained2.3%
  • Unknown2.8%