The Latimer Primary School

The Latimer Primary School is a strong and highly ambitious primary school where pupils are happy, feel safe and trust adults, and most achieve well. The curriculum is broad, well sequenced and ambitious from early years to Year 6, including for pupils with SEND, and reading is a particular strength. Behaviour and attendance are impressive, and pupils show pride in being friends, learners and global citizens. Personal development and early years provision are exceptional. Pupils benefit from a carefully planned character programme, meaningful pupil voice, well-being roles and a wide range of experiences. Children in early years are immersed in rich language and make strong progress in an inviting environment with strong parent partnerships. Leadership, governance and safeguarding are effective; leaders know the school well and support staff. The main area for improvement is writing. Not all pupils structure and compose their writing as well as they should, so some work is not consistently high quality. Recent work on oracy and talking through ideas before writing is beginning to help, but leaders' ambitions are not yet fully realised. This was the school's first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Broad, ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum
• Strong provision and achievement for pupils with SEND
• Highly effective early reading and phonics
• Exceptional personal development and character education
• Outstanding behaviour, attitudes and attendance
• Rich early years provision with strong parent partnerships
• Effective leadership, governance and staff support
• Strong pupil voice and community involvement
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not structure and compose writing consistently well
• Writing quality is not yet consistently high across the school
• Leaders' writing ambitions are not yet fully realised
• Further work is needed to build on oracy to improve writing standards

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at The Latimer Primary School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at The Latimer Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 The Latimer Primary School had 24.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.9% of pupils at The Latimer Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 The Latimer Primary School received £6,375 and spent £6,146 for each of its 361 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £485,000 (£1,343 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is The Latimer Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for The Latimer Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was The Latimer Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

The Latimer Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does The Latimer Primary School have?

The Latimer Primary School has 361 pupils on roll.

What age range does The Latimer Primary School cover?

The Latimer Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are The Latimer Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is The Latimer Primary School?

The Latimer Primary School is at Latimer Street, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 7AW.