Belvoirdale Community Primary School

Belvoirdale Community Primary School maintains its status as a good school, showcasing an inclusive and supportive environment where most pupils are happy to attend and feel safe. Leaders have successfully fostered a caring ethos, reflected in the positive attitudes toward school voiced by parents. While the school prioritizes pupils' broader development and demonstrates high expectations for behavior, challenges remain in ensuring that all pupils achieve the knowledge they should across the curriculum. Some gaps exist in curriculum planning, which impacts the depth of understanding in certain subjects and contributes to attendance issues among some pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Strengths

• Inclusive and supportive school environment
• High expectations for behavior among pupils
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics programs
• Effective support for pupils with SEND
• Wide range of enrichment activities offered

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum planning is inconsistent across some subjects
• Assessment of pupils' learning is not rigorous in foundation subjects
• High rates of absenteeism and lateness, especially among disadvantaged pupils

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 Belvoirdale Community Primary School attended 94.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.6% 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, 4.4% of pupils at Belvoirdale Community 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 Belvoirdale Community Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.2% 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, 23.1% of pupils at Belvoirdale Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.7% 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 Belvoirdale Community Primary School received £6,638 and spent £7,642 for each of its 337 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £486,000 (-£1,443 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 Belvoirdale Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Belvoirdale Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Belvoirdale Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Belvoirdale Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Belvoirdale Community Primary School have?

Belvoirdale Community Primary School has 337 pupils on roll.

What age range does Belvoirdale Community Primary School cover?

Belvoirdale Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Belvoirdale Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 48% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Belvoirdale Community Primary School?

Belvoirdale Community Primary School is at Scotlands Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3RD.