Spinney Hill Primary School

Spinney Hill Primary School continues to perform well, maintaining its status as a good school since its last inspection in 2017. The school fosters a positive and inclusive environment where pupils feel safe and happy, with strong conduct evident both in classrooms and during social times. School leaders and staff uphold high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), contributing to students' pride in their learning and engagement in the curriculum. The effective introduction of a new phonics and early reading scheme supports early learners significantly.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a harmonious and inclusive school environment.
• High expectations are set for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• The school has a broad and balanced curriculum that is actively designed and sequenced.
• Effective phonics and early reading scheme in place with consistent implementation.
• Pupils engage well in lessons and take active roles in their learning.
• Strong personal development curriculum prepares pupils for life in modern Britain.

Areas for Improvement

• A small number of subjects are not fully sequenced or implemented as intended.
• Leaders do not always engage with parents effectively, leading to missed information.

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 Spinney Hill Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.5% 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 Spinney Hill 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 Spinney Hill Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.4% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Spinney Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 Spinney Hill Primary School received £6,547 and spent £6,387 for each of its 663 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £239,000 (£361 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 Spinney Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Spinney Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Spinney Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Spinney Hill Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Spinney Hill Primary School have?

Spinney Hill Primary School has 687 pupils on roll.

What age range does Spinney Hill Primary School cover?

Spinney Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Spinney Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

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

Where is Spinney Hill Primary School?

Spinney Hill Primary School is at Ventnor Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 5EZ.