Broom Leys School

Broom Leys School continues to perform well as a good school, demonstrating a welcoming and caring atmosphere where pupils feel safe and happy. The leadership team has introduced an ambitious curriculum designed to foster pupils’ learning and development. The school's strengths lie in its commitment to personal development and enrichment, with numerous opportunities for pupils to engage in extracurricular activities and community involvement. Parental feedback is overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the school's compassion and support for students.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a high staff morale.
• Well-structured curriculum that is ambitious and progressive.
• A variety of enrichment activities including visits to museums and extra-curricular clubs.
• Effective teaching of phonics and prioritization of reading.
• Supportive early years environment promoting communication and language development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent support for some pupils with SEND leads to uneven progress.
• Some teaching activities do not effectively facilitate student understanding of the curriculum.

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 Broom Leys School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.5% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Broom Leys School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Broom Leys School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 11.0% 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, 16.5% of pupils at Broom Leys School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% 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 Broom Leys School received £6,081 and spent £6,589 for each of its 600 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £917,000 (£1,529 per pupil).

Across all 16 schools of Lionheart Educational Trust, income was £7,656 and spending £7,419 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.

• Primary Schools
• Secondary Schools

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

Broom Leys School is part of Lionheart Educational Trust, which runs 17 schools. The nearest others:

• The Newbridge School Coalville
• The Castle Rock School Coalville
• Greenstone Primary School Coalville
• The Martin High School Anstey Leicester
• Humphrey Perkins School Loughborough
• Hallam Fields, Birstall Leicester
• Highcliffe Primary School and Community Centre Leicester
• The Cedars Academy Leicester
• Riverside Community Primary School Birstall Leicester
• Mercia Academy Swadlincote

What is Broom Leys School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Broom Leys School is Good, from an inspection in October 2023.

When was Broom Leys School last inspected by Ofsted?

Broom Leys School was last inspected in October 2023.

How many pupils does Broom Leys School have?

Broom Leys School has 583 pupils on roll.

What age range does Broom Leys School cover?

Broom Leys School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Broom Leys School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 63% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Broom Leys School?

Broom Leys School is at Broom Leys Road, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 4DB.