Rendell Primary School

Rendell Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining its status as a good school. The environment is inclusive and supportive, with pupils displaying pride in their school and their learning. The school emphasizes personal and academic development, supported by a curriculum that allows pupils to build knowledge over time. Behaviour is exemplary, and students feel safe, contributing to a positive atmosphere that is recognized by parents. However, there are areas for improvement regarding the consistency and clarity of the curriculum across all subjects, which is currently in the process of being refined.

Strengths

• Pupils thrive in a friendly and inclusive environment.
• Strong emphasis on personal and academic development.
• High expectations set through the school's 'Rainbow Virtues' and 'Diamond Rules'.
• Teachers possess strong subject knowledge and are well-trained.
• Effective phonics teaching ensures pupils build reading skills step by step.
• Pupils with SEND receive well-adapted and accessible support.
• High-quality staff-pupil interactions foster positive learning experiences.
• Strong leadership and support from trustees.
• Pupils display exemplary behaviour and a commitment to learning.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum thinking is not fully refined in a small number of subjects.
• Inconsistent assessment methods for foundation subjects.

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 Rendell Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 19.7% 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 Rendell 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 Rendell Primary School had 26.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.5% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Rendell Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.0% 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 Rendell Primary School received £6,992 and spent £6,852 for each of its 378 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £398,000 (£1,053 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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What is Rendell Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rendell Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2023.

When was Rendell Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rendell Primary School was last inspected in May 2023.

How many pupils does Rendell Primary School have?

Rendell Primary School has 436 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rendell Primary School cover?

Rendell Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Rendell Primary School?

Rendell Primary School is at Rendell Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1LL.