Hallaton Church of England Primary School

Type Primary / Voluntary controlled school
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Churchgate
Hallaton
Market Harborough
Leicestershire
LE16 8TY
Phone 01858555629
Reference Number 120176

Hallaton Church of England Primary School is currently rated as requiring improvement, with notable challenges in the quality of education, behavior and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. Despite these concerns, the early years provision is recognized as good. Leaders are intent on enhancing their school, as evidenced by their clear ambitions and strategies to raise expectations and promote community involvement, yet many pupils are not achieving to their full potential. There is a mixed ongoing implementation of a new reading program, and while pupils enjoy reading, there are inconsistencies in how it is taught across classes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 65
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 60%
Girls: 40%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 13.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 21.5%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 13
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 9
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 21

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 Unknown 2 2
2 6 3 9
3 12 5 17
4 6 3 9
5 3 3 6
6 7 8 15

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 83.1%
White, Other 13.8%
Unclassified 1.5%
Mixed, Other 1.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 03 Jul 2023
Date Report
03 Jul 2023 School inspection:
17 May 2022 School inspection
28 Mar 2017 Short inspection
30 May 2012 Full inspection:
30 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
07 Feb 2005 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Strong community involvement with local activities
  • Effective early years provision with high expectations for behavior
  • Consistent approach to teaching phonics leading to fluent readers
  • Structured curriculum with clear links to prior learning in some subjects
  • Pupils participate in a variety of clubs and express pride in their school

Areas for Improvement

  • Inconsistencies in the implementation of the new reading approach
  • Lack of detailed planning in some subjects, leading to limited learning
  • Gaps in identifying pupils' knowledge in certain subjects
  • Inconsistent support for pupils with special educational needs

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 53%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 0%

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 103
Maths 106

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 1.2
Writing 3.3
Maths -0.5

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 9 2
Third Preference 6 0
From another Local Authority 3 0

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