Sandfield Close Primary School

Sandfield Close Primary School is a good school overall, with all inspected areas judged good. Pupils are happy, behave well and understand the school’s values, while staff have high expectations and reading is a high priority. The school has an ambitious curriculum vision with a strong focus on vocabulary, and pupils benefit from a broad range of experiences. Pupils with SEND are well supported, including through the specially resourced provision, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The early years provision gives children a strong start.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, kind and demonstrate the school’s values.
• Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school.
• Staff have high expectations of pupils’ achievement.
• Reading is a high priority, with expert teaching of early reading.
• Pupils who need extra reading help receive effective additional practice.
• The curriculum has a strong focus on developing pupils’ vocabulary.
• Pupils with SEND are successfully identified and well provided for.
• The specially resourced provision uses a wide range of therapies effectively.
• Children in the early years get a strong start to their schooling.
• Pupils develop a strong understanding of physical and mental health.
• Pupils learn about different cultures and faiths and respect diversity.
• Governance is being supported through appropriate training.
• Staff feel well supported and value the training they receive.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, the important knowledge pupils should know and remember is not identified clearly enough.
• Teachers sometimes lack clarity about what to emphasise when delivering the curriculum.
• Assessment is not used consistently well enough in lessons.
• Some activities and work are not ambitious enough for all pupils.
• Some pupils receive work that does not enable them to develop more complex ideas.

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 Sandfield Close Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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 Sandfield Close 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 Sandfield Close Primary School had 21.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 47.4% 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, 10.0% of pupils at Sandfield Close Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 12 pupils.

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 Sandfield Close Primary School received £7,371 and spent £7,844 for each of its 250 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £928,000 (£3,713 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 Sandfield Close Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sandfield Close Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024.

When was Sandfield Close Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sandfield Close Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Sandfield Close Primary School have?

Sandfield Close Primary School has 250 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sandfield Close Primary School cover?

Sandfield Close Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Sandfield Close Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sandfield Close Primary School?

Sandfield Close Primary School is at Sandfield Close, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7RE.