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Asfordby Hill Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 196 pupils Melton Mowbray
Ofsted: Strong standard

Asfordby Hill Primary School is an academy converter in Melton Mowbray for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 196 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Asfordby Hill Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in March 2026. In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: March 2026. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Melton Road
Asfordby Hill
Melton Mowbray
Leicestershire
LE14 3QX
Phone 01664812244
Reference Number 139340

General Makeup

Number of pupils 196
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 47.96%
Girls: 52.04%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 12.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 6.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 28
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 27.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 15 13 28
2 14 14 28
3 11 18 29
4 12 15 27
5 15 13 28
6 11 18 29

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 93.4%
White, Other 4.1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1%
White & Black (African) 0.5%
Asian, Other 0.5%

Asfordby Hill Primary School is performing at a strong standard, with commendable outcomes across various domains. The school has maintained excellent national outcomes, consistently outperforming national averages, and ensures that disadvantaged pupils perform as well as their peers, demonstrating a commitment to equity and inclusion. The positive and supportive culture within the school contributes to pupils feeling safe and ready to learn, while the effective leadership and governance facilitate continuous improvement and high quality education.

Overall Ofsted Rating Strong standard
 >  Leadership & Governance Strong standard
 >  Personal Development & Wellbeing Strong standard
 >  Achievement Strong standard
 >  Attendance & Behaviour Strong standard
 >  Curriculum & Teaching Strong standard
 >  Inclusion Strong standard
 >  Early Years Strong standard
Last Report Date 06 Jan 2026
Date Report
06 Jan 2026 School inspection
29 Jun 2021 School inspection
24 May 2016 Short inspection
01 Mar 2013 Academy conversion letter
23 Jan 2012 Full inspection:
Previously as Asfordby Hill Primary School
30 Jun 2010 Interim assessment
03 Jul 2007 Full inspection:
01 Oct 2003 Inspection

Strengths

  • Excellent national outcomes with attainment above national averages
  • Strong commitment to equity and inclusion
  • High attendance rates and low persistent absence
  • Positive and respectful culture enhancing pupil behaviour
  • Broad and ambitious curriculum building strong foundational knowledge
  • High-quality early years provision
  • Effective support for vulnerable pupils, including those with SEND
  • Robust leadership promoting continuous improvement

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 85%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading -0.8
Writing 0.2
Maths 0.5

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 46 0
Third Preference 21 0
From another Local Authority 1 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Asfordby Hill Primary School had 194 pupils for 189 places. That is 5 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Asfordby Frisby Primary” planning area

Leicestershire counted 75 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 67 in 2029–30, down 11%.

201320142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 157157157189189189189189189189189189
Pupils 122133145153167184182193193186187194
Unfilled 22.3%15.3%7.6%19.0%11.6%2.6%3.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%1.1%0.0%

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 Asfordby Hill Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20142015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.5%2.4%2.6%2.3%2.5%3.3%1.8%5.6%3.5%3.1%3.3%
Unauthorised absence 0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.5%0.2%
Severely absent pupils 0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%

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 Asfordby Hill Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 3.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusions 100000000000

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 Asfordby Hill Primary School had 23.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 13.812.712.312.114.413.913.712.512.011.412.410.810.3
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%3.3%0.0%12.5%0.0%12.5%0.0%11.1%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 37.5%25.0%25.0%55.6%25.0%22.2%–0.0%27.3%50.0%55.6%55.6%–
Sick days per teacher 1.60.40.20.62.811.4–0.01.11.31.71.0–

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, 8.2% of pupils at Asfordby Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 5
Moderate learning difficulty 3 3
Social, emotional and mental health 2 3
Specific learning difficulty 4 0
Speech, language and communication needs 1 2
No specialist assessment of need 2 0
Physical disability 0 1
Profound and multiple learning difficulty 1 0

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 Asfordby Hill Primary School received £5,720 and spent £6,270 for each of its 189 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £291,000 (£1,540 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £299,000£405,000£392,000£468,000£444,000£421,000£291,000
per pupil £1,608£2,166£2,031£2,438£2,387£2,216£1,540
In-year balance -£1,000£70,000-£48,000£2,000-£29,000£58,000-£104,000
per pupil -£5£374-£249£10-£156£305-£550

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.

Name Distance
The Grove Primary School
Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0HN
1.27 miles
Captains Close Primary School
Saxelby Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3TU
1.37 miles
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
Brampton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0NA
1.45 miles
Saint Francis Catholic Primary School
Dalby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BP
1.57 miles
Swallowdale Primary School and Community Centre
Dalby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BJ
1.74 miles
Brownlow Primary School
Limes Avenue, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1QL
2.11 miles
Frisby Church of England Primary School
Hall Orchard Lane, Frisby-on-the-Wreake, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2NH
2.15 miles
Sherard Primary School
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HA
2.24 miles
Ab Kettleby Primary School
Wartnaby Road, Ab Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3JJ
2.38 miles
Great Dalby School
Top End, Great Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 2HA
3.13 miles
Scalford Church of England Primary School
School Lane, Scalford, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 4DT
3.78 miles
Old Dalby Church of England Primary School
Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3JY
4.32 miles
Gaddesby Primary School
Ashby Road, Gaddesby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 4WF
4.57 miles
Name Distance
Long Field Spencer Academy
Ambleside Way, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0BN
1.12 miles
Include-Welby Grange
Welby Grange, Welby Grange Farm, Welby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3EF
1.24 miles
John Ferneley College
Scalford Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1LH
1.94 miles
Melton Vale Sixth Form College
Burton Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1DN
2.36 miles
Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School)
Grange Drive, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1HA
2.45 miles

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What is Asfordby Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Asfordby Hill Primary School is Strong standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Asfordby Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Asfordby Hill Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Asfordby Hill Primary School have?

Asfordby Hill Primary School has 196 pupils on roll.

What age range does Asfordby Hill Primary School cover?

Asfordby Hill Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 85% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Asfordby Hill Primary School?

Asfordby Hill Primary School is at Melton Road, Asfordby Hill, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3QX.

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