ASPIRE: Lifeskills
ASPIRE: Lifeskills is an independent special school in Leicestershire for boys and girls aged 11 to 19. It has 25 pupils and every place is taken.
Town Hall Chambers, Town Hall Passage, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3EB01509 269441aspirelifeskills.co.ukMrs VIVIENNE BOULTON headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
5 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Leicestershire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 25 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 20 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobden Primary School & Community Centre | Academy | 390 m | 400 | No overall grade 2025 | 2 | Compare |
| Fairfield Prep School | Independent (grammar) | 530 m | 431 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Limehurst Academy | Academy | 530 m | 656 | Good 2022 | 58 | Compare |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough | Academy | 640 m | 207 | Good 2022 | 56 | Compare |
| Loughborough High School | Independent (grammar) | 640 m | 564 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Loughborough Grammar School | Independent | 710 m | 783 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Loughborough Church of England Primary School | Academy | 740 m | 150 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Rendell Primary School | Academy | 780 m | 436 | Good 2023 | 76 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is ASPIRE: Lifeskills a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score ASPIRE: Lifeskills yet.
How many pupils does ASPIRE: Lifeskills have?
25 pupils aged 11 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 25 places, so it is 100% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Town Hall Chambers, Town Hall Passage, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3EB
- Telephone
- 01509 269441
- Website
- www.aspirelifeskills.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs VIVIENNE BOULTON
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 11-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Ward
- Loughborough Southfields
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 10 March 2017 (new provision)
- URN
- 142779 · LAESTAB 8556037 · UKPRN 10073525
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.