Outwoods Edge Primary School

Outwoods Edge Primary School is performing at a strong standard, demonstrating significant improvements in several key areas. The leadership has effectively fostered a positive culture where safeguarding is prioritized, and pupils display commendable behavior and attitudes towards learning. The school has made notable strides in improving attendance, especially among disadvantaged and special educational needs pupils, thanks to targeted interventions and family engagement. Despite these strengths, challenges remain in achieving consistently high standards in reading, writing, and mathematics, with some pupils, particularly disadvantaged students, not reaching their full potential.

Strengths

• Strong safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe and supported
• Robust systems in place to monitor and improve attendance
• Positive behavior and respectful attitudes among pupils
• Effective early years curriculum supporting children's development
• Inclusive approach meeting diverse needs of all pupils
• Supportive leadership focused on staff wellbeing and professional development

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent quality of teaching across subjects
• Pupils' attainment in writing and mathematics remains below national averages
• Disadvantaged pupils are not closing gaps in foundational knowledge and skills as quickly as needed

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 Outwoods Edge Primary School attended 95.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.3% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Outwoods Edge Primary 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 Outwoods Edge Primary School had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.1% 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, 9.2% of pupils at Outwoods Edge Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 Outwoods Edge Primary School received £6,308 and spent £6,378 for each of its 413 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £213,000 (£516 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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All schools in Loughborough · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Outwoods Edge Primary School is part of Bradgate Education Partnership, which runs 19 schools. The nearest others:

• Mountfields Lodge School Loughborough
• Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Loughborough
• Newtown Linford Primary School Leicester
• Highgate Primary School Loughborough
• Seagrave Village Primary School Loughborough
• Mercenfeld Primary School Markfield
• The Roundhill Academy Leicester
• Wreake Valley Academy Leicester
• Church Hill Infant School Leicester
• Broomfield Community Primary School Leicester

What is Outwoods Edge Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Outwoods Edge Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Outwoods Edge Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Outwoods Edge Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Outwoods Edge Primary School have?

Outwoods Edge Primary School has 412 pupils on roll.

What age range does Outwoods Edge Primary School cover?

Outwoods Edge Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Outwoods Edge Primary School?

Outwoods Edge Primary School is at 21 Redwood Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2LD.