Mercenfeld Primary School

Mercenfeld Primary School has shown significant improvement since its previous inspection, moving from requiring improvement to a good rating overall. Pupils display a strong enthusiasm for learning and demonstrate positive behavior, reflecting a supportive and caring school environment. The leadership has effectively raised expectations and developed a curriculum that focuses on key knowledge, yet there remains work to fully finalize the curriculum across all subjects. Notably, pupils’ personal development is outstanding, with a comprehensive approach that emphasizes character development and prepares them well for future challenges.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate enthusiasm for learning and take pride in their school.
• Positive relationships exist between adults and pupils, fostering a safe environment.
• The school places a strong emphasis on character development and personal growth.
• Teachers exhibit strong subject knowledge and deliver effective lessons.
• Special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) pupils receive timely support.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum reviews are incomplete in some subjects, lacking precise identification of knowledge.
• Assessment approaches in foundation subjects require further development.
• Increased staff workload has raised concerns about teacher well-being.

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 Mercenfeld Primary School attended 95.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.5% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Mercenfeld 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 Mercenfeld Primary School had 19.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.4% 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, 17.4% of pupils at Mercenfeld 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 Mercenfeld Primary School received £6,609 and spent £6,780 for each of its 253 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £164,000 (£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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All schools in Hinckley And Bosworth · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

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

• Newtown Linford Primary School Leicester
• Ratby Primary School Leicester
• Stafford Leys Community Primary School Leicester
• Outwoods Edge Primary School Loughborough
• Mountfields Lodge School Loughborough
• Cobden Primary School & Community Centre Loughborough
• Church Hill Infant School Leicester
• The Roundhill Academy Leicester
• Eastfield Primary School Leicester
• Highgate Primary School Loughborough

What is Mercenfeld Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Mercenfeld Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mercenfeld Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Mercenfeld Primary School have?

Mercenfeld Primary School has 235 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mercenfeld Primary School cover?

Mercenfeld Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 66% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mercenfeld Primary School?

Mercenfeld Primary School is at Oakfield Avenue, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9WG.