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Wymeswold Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 115 pupils Loughborough
Ofsted: Good
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Wymeswold Church of England Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Loughborough for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 115 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Wymeswold Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024. In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 27.4 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: September 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Brook Street
Wymeswold
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE12 6TU
Phone 01509880561
Reference Number 120174

General Makeup

Number of pupils 115
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 62.61%
Girls: 37.39%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.2%

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 6 4 10
2 13 7 20
3 12 5 17
4 12 8 20
5 11 9 20
6 10 7 17

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 88.7%
Asian, Other 3.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.6%
Mixed, Other 2.6%
White, Other 0.9%
Indian 0.9%

Wymeswold Church of England Primary School maintains a good standard of education, continuing from its previous inspection in December 2018. Pupils enjoy attending school, benefiting from a wide range of personal development opportunities and a supportive environment that fosters their independence. The school's ambitious curriculum promotes a love for learning, and pupils consistently produce high-quality work while demonstrating positive behaviors. However, the implementation of the curriculum varies by subject, with some areas needing additional support for students, particularly those with special educational needs.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 09 Jul 2024
Date Report
09 Jul 2024 School inspection
05 Dec 2018 Full inspection:
11 Apr 2018 Short inspection
31 Oct 2013 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
08 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
13 Sep 2005 Full inspection:
27 Mar 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy a broad range of personal development opportunities.
  • The school fosters independence and self-thinking in students.
  • High-quality work produced by attentive and well-behaved pupils.
  • Effective promotion of reading with a love for books.
  • Strong communication with parents and caretakers.
  • Collaborative approach with external agencies to support students.

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistent curriculum implementation in some subjects.
  • Insufficient revisiting of prior knowledge in certain areas.
  • Support for pupils with SEND is not always appropriately adapted across all subjects.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 62%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 23%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 110
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.9
Writing 2.2
Maths -2.2

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 17 0
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 4 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Wymeswold Church of England Primary School had 115 pupils for 156 places. 41 places (26.3%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Burton Wymeswold Primary” planning area

Leicestershire counted 37 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 50 in 2029–30, up 35%.

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 105105105105140140156156156156156156156156156
Pupils 107108120122129143140132124113109115117120115
Unfilled 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.9%0.0%10.3%15.4%20.5%27.6%30.1%26.3%25.0%23.1%26.3%

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 Wymeswold Church of England Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.1%2.7%2.0%1.7%2.3%2.4%1.2%3.0%3.4%4.9%3.7%
Unauthorised absence 0.0%0.0%0.2%0.8%0.5%0.8%0.4%0.8%1.1%1.5%1.9%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%7.1%3.3%4.8%0.0%2.9%2.8%

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, 0.9% of pupils at Wymeswold Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.90.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.9
Permanent exclusions 1000000000000000

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 Wymeswold Church of England Primary School had 27.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 16.813.012.112.912.411.510.410.610.610.211.812.511.312.613.815.2
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.2%13.3%0.0%12.3%15.6%0.0%0.0%27.4%14.3%22.2%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 33.3%40.0%11.1%44.4%27.3%25.0%30.0%60.0%45.5%–62.5%33.3%63.6%11.1%25.0%–
Sick days per teacher 1.90.70.31.71.30.30.92.012.5–5.11.218.90.41.0–

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, 8.7% of pupils at Wymeswold Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 4 0
No specialist assessment of need 3 0
Social, emotional and mental health 1 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 0 1
Physical disability 1 0
Specific learning difficulty 1 0

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 Wymeswold Church of England Primary School received £8,395 and spent £7,282 for each of its 115 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £118,000 (£1,026 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20192020202120222023202420252026
Revenue reserve £63,000£41,000£11,000-£2,000£28,000-£7,000-£10,000£118,000
per pupil £556£402£106-£16£240-£63-£87£1,026
In-year balance -£31,000-£22,000-£30,000-£13,000£30,000-£35,000-£3,000£128,000
per pupil -£272-£219-£274-£114£255-£299-£22£1,113

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

Name Distance
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1.82 miles
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2.3 miles
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2.76 miles
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Seagrave Village Primary School
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3.6 miles
Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School
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3.63 miles
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Old Dalby Church of England Primary School
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Rendell Primary School
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Cobden Primary School & Community Centre
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Highgate Primary School
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Fairfield Prep School
4.71 miles
Willow Brook Primary School
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4.81 miles
Sileby Redlands Community Primary School
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4.86 miles
Keyworth Primary and Nursery School
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4.91 miles
Lift Beacon
Woodthorpe Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2NF
4.99 miles
Name Distance
East Leake Academy
Lantern Lane, East Leake, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6QN
3.6 miles
Humphrey Perkins School
Cotes Road, Barrow-upon-Soar, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8JU
3.83 miles
Quorn Hall School
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4.19 miles
Limehurst Academy
Bridge Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1NH
4.66 miles
ASPIRE: Lifeskills
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4.76 miles
Loughborough Grammar School
Burton Walks, Loughborough, LE11 2DU
4.79 miles
Loughborough High School
4.84 miles
Rawlins
Loughborough Road, Quorn, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 8DY
4.86 miles
The South Wolds Academy & Sixth Form
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4.92 miles
Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre
14, Bond Lane, Mountsorrel, Leicestershire, Leicestershire, LE12 7AA
4.99 miles

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What is Wymeswold Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wymeswold Church of England Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Wymeswold Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wymeswold Church of England Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Wymeswold Church of England Primary School have?

Wymeswold Church of England Primary School has 115 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wymeswold Church of England Primary School cover?

Wymeswold Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Wymeswold Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wymeswold Church of England Primary School?

Wymeswold Church of England Primary School is at Brook Street, Wymeswold, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 6TU.

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