Glen Hills Primary School

Glen Hills Primary School continues to be rated as a good school, demonstrating strong leadership and a positive learning environment for its pupils. The school has a clear commitment to high standards in education, with a focus on reading and curriculum development that fosters both academic and personal growth. Pupils feel happy and safe, and their excellent behavior reflects a supportive and respectful atmosphere where diversity is celebrated. Strong partnerships with parents and community engagement complement the school's holistic approach to education.

Strengths

• Strong teaching of reading starts in Reception and continues across the school.
• Pupils achieve well across the curriculum with a focus on developing fluency and confidence in reading.
• Leaders provide a broad and ambitious curriculum that enhances pupil learning.
• Effective support for pupils with SEND ensures they can keep up with their peers.
• Personal development is enhanced through a rich array of enrichment opportunities.
• Pupils demonstrate mutual respect and understanding of equality and diversity.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils do not remember as much knowledge as others, particularly in foundation subjects.
• Conceptual links across subjects have not been fully mapped out, affecting recall and connections in learning.

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 Glen Hills Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.4% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Glen Hills 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 Glen Hills Primary School had 21.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.7% 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, 12.7% of pupils at Glen Hills Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.9% 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 2024–25 Glen Hills Primary School received £6,532 and spent £6,441 for each of its 469 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £93,000 (-£198 per pupil).

Across all 17 schools of Symphony Learning Trust, income was £6,407 and spending £6,172 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Leicester · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Glen Hills Primary School is part of Symphony Learning Trust, which runs 20 schools. The nearest others:

• Fairfield Community Primary School Wigston
• Thythorn Field Community Primary School Wigston
• The Meadow Community Primary School Wigston
• The Hall School Leicester
• Old Mill Primary School Leicester
• Thornton Primary School Coalville
• Foxton Primary School Market Harborough
• Hugglescote Community Primary School Coalville
• Newcroft Primary Academy Loughborough
• Ashby Willesley Primary School Ashby-De-La-Zouch

What is Glen Hills Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glen Hills Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Glen Hills Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glen Hills Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Glen Hills Primary School have?

Glen Hills Primary School has 471 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glen Hills Primary School cover?

Glen Hills Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

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

Where is Glen Hills Primary School?

Glen Hills Primary School is at Featherby Drive, Glen Parva, Glen Hills Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 9NY.