Rawlins
Rawlins is a mixed secondary academy in Loughborough, Leicestershire County Council, teaching 1,455 pupils aged 11 to 18. Ofsted graded quality of education as Requires improvement at its most recent inspection in November 2024. In 2024–2025, GCSE Attainment 8 was 45 (England 46.1). Its 2025–2026 calendar lists 12 holidays and 5 INSET days.
Ofsted inspection
The latest published Ofsted judgement for Rawlins.
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. These are the graded judgement areas from the latest inspection.
Scale: Outstanding Good Requires improvement Inadequate
Term dates & holidays 2025–2026
Autumn, spring and summer terms, half-terms, INSET days and bank holidays for Rawlins.
- 22 Inset Day
- 25 August Bank Holiday
- 26 Inset Day
- 27 School Opens
- 17 School Closes
- 20–24 Autumn Half Term Holiday
- 27 School Opens
- 28 Inset Day (Trust wide)
- 19 School Closes
- 22–31 Christmas Holiday
- 25 Christmas Day
- 26 Boxing Day
- 1–2 Christmas Holiday
- 1 New Year's Day
- 5 Inset Day
- 6 School Opens
- 13 School Closes
- 16–20 Spring Half Term Holiday
- 23 School Opens
- 27 School Closes
- 30–31 Easter Holiday
- 1–10 Easter Holiday
- 3 Good Friday
- 6 Easter Monday
- 13 School Opens
- 4 May Bank Holiday
- 22 School Closes
- 25–29 Summer Half Term Holiday
- 25 Spring Bank Holiday
- 1 School Opens
- 10 School Closes
- 11–31 Summer Holiday
- 13 Disaggregated Inset Day
- 1–31 Summer Holiday
- 31 Summer Bank Holiday
- 1 Summer Holiday
Key dates (2025–2026)
- Inset Day Aug 22, 2025 Inset Day
- August Bank Holiday Aug 25, 2025 Holiday
- Inset Day Aug 26, 2025 Inset Day
- School Opens Aug 27, 2025 Event
- School Closes Oct 17, 2025 Event
- Autumn Half Term Holiday Oct 20-24, 2025 Holiday
- School Opens Oct 27, 2025 Event
- Inset Day (Trust wide) Nov 28, 2025 Inset Day
- School Closes Dec 19, 2025 Event
- Christmas Holiday Dec 22, 2025 - Jan 2, 2026 Holiday
- Inset Day Jan 5, 2026 Inset Day
- School Opens Jan 6, 2026 Event
- School Closes Feb 13, 2026 Event
- Spring Half Term Holiday Feb 16-20, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Feb 23, 2026 Event
- School Closes Mar 27, 2026 Event
- Easter Holiday Mar 30 - Apr 10, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Apr 13, 2026 Event
- May Bank Holiday May 4, 2026 Holiday
- School Closes May 22, 2026 Event
- Summer Half Term Holiday May 25-29, 2026 Holiday
- School Opens Jun 1, 2026 Event
- School Closes Jul 10, 2026 Event
- Disaggregated Inset Day Jul 13, 2026 Inset Day
- Summer Holiday Jul 11 - Sep 1, 2026 Holiday
- New Year's Day Jan 1, 2026 Event
- Good Friday Apr 3, 2026 Event
- Easter Monday Apr 6, 2026 Holiday
- Spring Bank Holiday May 25, 2026 Holiday
- Summer Bank Holiday Aug 31, 2026 Holiday
- Christmas Day Dec 25, 2025 Holiday
- Boxing Day Dec 26, 2025 Event
Exam results & performance
The measures that carry the most signal. Open a section to compare Rawlins with Leicestershire County Council and England.
Key stage 4 (GCSE) 45 Attainment 8 score
Year 11 results across eight qualifications, including English and maths.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
16 to 18 (A level & sixth form) 37.72 A level average point score
Results for students finishing post-16 study.
This school Leicestershire County Council England
Attendance 28.1% Persistently absent pupils
Absence across the whole school year.
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What pupils do after GCSEs 96% In education, apprenticeship or work
Still in education, an apprenticeship or work a year after key stage 4.
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What students do after 16 to 18 study 87% In education, apprenticeship or work
Destinations the year after finishing post-16 study.
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About this data source & caveats
Progress 8 is not published for 2024–2025. This year group missed their key stage 2 tests in 2020, so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Attendance comparisons are pupil-weighted averages we calculate from every school’s published absence figure — the DfE absence file has no local authority or England rows of its own.
We show the headline measures only. Threshold and curriculum-policy figures — grade 4+ in English and maths, EBacc entry and points, the per-subject key stage 2 breakdown, academic and applied splits at 16 to 18 — reflect admissions and curriculum choices more than school quality, so they are left to GOV.UK. Progress measures matter most because they compare pupils with others who started at the same level; attainment on its own largely tracks a school’s intake.
Figures are the Department for Education’s official published results for Rawlins. Results are suppressed where too few pupils were entered. England figures are the average for state-funded schools. “Top x%” is this school’s position among all schools in England with a published figure for that measure — the DfE does not publish league table rankings.
Source: Compare school and college performance, Department for Education. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Location & catchment area
Indicative only. This is a nearest-school (Voronoi) estimate — the area closer to Rawlins than to any other secondary school. Real admissions depend on the school’s own policy (straight-line distance, siblings, faith, feeder schools and available places) and change each year. Always confirm with the school and local authority admissions team.