Maplewell Hall School
Community special school · Mixed · Leicestershire
Maplewell Road, Loughborough, LE12 8QY
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 14/02/2023
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
91.2%
24.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
326
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
340 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Community special school
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jason Brooks
- Address
- Maplewell Road, Woodhouse Eaves, Loughborough, LE12 8QY
- Phone
- 01509890237
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward / constituency
- Forest Bradgate · Mid Leicestershire
- Area
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 120348
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 36% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 2% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
326 pupils · 340 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
14 February 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessSixth form Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 20
11 March 2020
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 253 pupils
Attendance
91.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
8.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
1.6%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 15.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 4.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 13% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 0% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 1.23 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 46 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.