Herrick Primary School

Herrick Primary School remains a good school, known for its friendly and inclusive environment. The staff and pupils exhibit a strong sense of community, with high expectations for behavior and the promotion of core values. The school effectively supports pupils from diverse backgrounds, including those who are new arrivals and those who speak English as an additional language. Parents and carers express satisfaction with the school's commitment to equitable treatment and high expectations for all students. The curriculum is well-structured and aims to build key knowledge and skills effectively, particularly in early reading and mathematics. However, there is an identified need for the school to enhance its assessment practices to better monitor pupils' learning and ensure that all staff are aware of what students need to learn next. This ungraded inspection comes after a previous assessment in 2018, indicating a commitment to sustained improvement in the face of challenges, such as those presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• The school creates a friendly and inclusive environment.
• High expectations of behavior are set and met by pupils.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers enhances the delivery of the curriculum.
• Effective support is provided for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• The curriculum is well-structured, linking knowledge across subjects effectively.
• Pupils have strong opportunities to develop leadership skills.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment practices are not fully embedded, leading to gaps in understanding what pupils need to learn next.

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 Herrick Primary School attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.2% 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 Herrick 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 Herrick Primary School had 22.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.6% 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, 8.9% of pupils at Herrick Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.0% 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 Herrick Primary School received £6,899 and spent £6,401 for each of its 305 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £52,000 (-£171 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 Herrick Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Herrick Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Herrick Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Herrick Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Herrick Primary School have?

Herrick Primary School has 305 pupils on roll.

What age range does Herrick Primary School cover?

Herrick Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Herrick Primary School?

Herrick Primary School is at Lockerbie Avenue, Rushey Mead, Lockerbie Avenue, Rushey Mead, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 7NJ.