Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School

Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School is a community primary school with 198 pupils. It performs strongly overall: the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision are all good, while personal development is outstanding. The school was previously judged outstanding, and this graded inspection did not award an overall effectiveness grade. Pupils are happy, feel safe and are well cared for, and parents speak highly of the supportive staff. The school is ambitious, has a broad and carefully sequenced curriculum, and pupils achieve well in most subjects.

Strengths

• Highly ambitious curriculum that is broad, balanced and carefully sequenced.
• Pupils achieve well in most subjects and regularly revisit prior learning.
• Strong reading culture with effective phonics teaching and early support.
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and well supported to access the curriculum.
• Personal development is exemplary and prepares pupils well for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils behave well, understand expectations and persevere with challenging learning.
• Warm, inclusive community ethos where pupils feel safe, cared for and respected.
• Governors know the school well, support improvement and prioritise staff well-being.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils are not securely supported to understand and apply grammar, which limits the quality of their written communication across subjects.

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 Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Burton-on-the-Wolds 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 Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School had 24.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 11.7% of pupils at Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School received £5,848 and spent £6,094 for each of its 213 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £123,000 (-£578 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 Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2025.

When was Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School was last inspected in September 2025.

How many pupils does Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School have?

Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School cover?

Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School?

Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School is at Barrow Road, Burton-on-the-Wolds, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5TB.