Eastfield Primary School

Eastfield Primary School, which has not been inspected under the current framework until this inspection, is in a period of transition with many recent changes. While most parents appreciate the improvements made, there are significant areas where the school has not yet fully realized its potential, particularly in ensuring that all pupils meet expectations across the curriculum. Some subjects are inconsistently implemented, especially for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), which impacts their learning and retention of knowledge. Overall, the school has strengths in personal development and early years provision, where children receive strong support and become independent learners. However, leadership and management, alongside the quality of education, require improvement to ensure all pupils can learn in a calm environment and that the curriculum is effectively delivered. The school shows promise, particularly with its extracurricular offerings and a positive ethos, but these efforts need to be fully realized across all areas of the school.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
• Reading is promoted effectively with well-matched books and supportive programmes.
• Children in early years develop secure relationships and independence.
• Pupils learn to appreciate the values of modern society and the importance of mental health.
• Staff feel supported and are positive about the school’s efforts to reduce workload.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum knowledge and expectations are not fully identified or implemented in some subjects.
• Support for pupils with SEND is not sufficiently precise leading to hindered progress.
• Behaviour routines and expectations in key stage 1 are not consistently applied.

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 Eastfield Primary School attended 95.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Eastfield 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 Eastfield Primary School had 20.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.1% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Eastfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.7% 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 Eastfield Primary School received £7,026 and spent £7,401 for each of its 336 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £218,000 (£649 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Bradgate Education Partnership, income was £7,352 and spending £7,630 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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Eastfield Primary School is part of Bradgate Education Partnership, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Church Hill Infant School Leicester
• The Roundhill Academy Leicester
• The Merton Primary School Leicester
• The Pochin School Leicester
• Wreake Valley Academy Leicester
• Broomfield Community Primary School Leicester
• Highgate Primary School Loughborough
• Gaddesby Primary School Leicester
• Seagrave Village Primary School Loughborough
• Newtown Linford Primary School Leicester

What is Eastfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Eastfield Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Eastfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Eastfield Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Eastfield Primary School have?

Eastfield Primary School has 335 pupils on roll.

What age range does Eastfield Primary School cover?

Eastfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Eastfield Primary School?

Eastfield Primary School is at Eastfield Road, Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 8FP.