Cosby Primary School

Cosby Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a good rating across all areas of education, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school fosters a happy and safe environment where pupils are engaged and respect diverse backgrounds. Strong initiatives such as the 'Cosby context' project allow pupils to actively participate in community improvement, reflecting the school's commitment to integrating its values into everyday learning. Although the school benefits from a well-planned curriculum, there are areas that could be more ambitious, particularly in ensuring consistency across all subjects.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and happy at school.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
• Effective phonics teaching and emphasis on reading.
• Well-planned curriculum that links effectively to local context.
• Good behaviour policy and positive school culture.
• Strong emphasis on mental well-being post-COVID-19.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum delivery across some subjects.
• Reading books do not always match the phonic knowledge of all pupils.

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 Cosby Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.6% 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, 0.7% of pupils at Cosby 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 Cosby Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.9% 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 Cosby Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.1% 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 Cosby Primary School received £6,859 and spent £6,763 for each of its 281 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £278,000 (£990 per pupil).

Across all 4 schools of Success Academy Trust, income was £7,123 and spending £6,963 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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Cosby Primary School is part of Success Academy Trust, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Thomas Estley Community College Leicester
• Hallbrook Primary School Broughton Astley
• Richmond Primary School Hinckley

What is Cosby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cosby Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Cosby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cosby Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Cosby Primary School have?

Cosby Primary School has 326 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cosby Primary School cover?

Cosby Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 74% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Cosby Primary School?

Cosby Primary School is at Portland Street, Cosby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 1TE.