Glenmere Community Primary School

Glenmere Community Primary School is a kind, welcoming primary school within the OWLS academy trust. Pupils feel happy, safe and cared for, and they speak warmly about the school’s strong sense of community. The school offers an ambitious curriculum, including in the early years, and most pupils achieve well. Behaviour is exemplary, personal development is exceptionally strong, and safeguarding arrangements are effective. The early years provision gives children a secure start, and reading and phonics are taught effectively. The main area for improvement is provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Leaders identify pupils who need extra help and put support in place, but support does not always meet individual needs. External professional advice for some pupils with education, health and care plans is not always acted upon, and staff are not always given the precise information they need. As a result, the quality of SEND provision can depend on the skill set of individual staff. Leaders should ensure all staff have the relevant information to support pupils with SEND effectively. This was a graded inspection, and under arrangements from September 2024 the school did not receive an overall effectiveness grade. The school was previously judged outstanding and remains strong in several areas, with SEND consistency the clear priority for further improvement.

Strengths

• Kind, welcoming and inclusive community culture where pupils feel happy, safe and cared for.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and show high maturity, courtesy and respect.
• Personal development is exceptional, with strong understanding of diversity, equality, relationships and safety.
• Ambitious curriculum across subjects, including early years, helps most pupils achieve well.
• Effective phonics and reading provision, with reading books matched to pupils’ phonics knowledge.
• Pupils develop deep subject knowledge and use subject-specific vocabulary confidently.
• Regular checks and recap strategies help pupils remember and apply learning.
• High-quality pastoral support for pupils who struggle with emotions and behaviour.
• Teachers’ workload and well-being are carefully considered, with useful training and trust networking.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.
• Strong early years provision with well-resourced provision and independent children.

Areas for Improvement

• SEND provision is variable and does not always meet individual pupils’ learning needs.
• External professional advice and guidance for pupils with education, health and care plans is not always acted upon.
• Staff are not always given the precise information needed to support pupils with SEND effectively.
• The quality of SEND support can depend on individual staff skill set rather than consistent provision.

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 Glenmere Community Primary School attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.4% 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 Glenmere Community 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 Glenmere Community Primary School had 26.5 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

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, 12.3% of pupils at Glenmere Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Glenmere Community Primary School received £6,128 and spent £6,100 for each of its 211 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £83,000 (£394 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, income was £6,437 and spending £6,453 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 Wigston · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Glenmere Community Primary School is part of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Langmoor Primary School Oadby Leicester
• Little Hill Primary Wigston
• Fernvale Primary School Leicester
• Ravenhurst Primary School Leicester
• New Lubbesthorpe Primary School Leicester
• Newlands Community Primary School Leicester
• Hinckley Parks Primary School Hinckley
• Hollycroft Primary School Hinckley

What is Glenmere Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glenmere Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2024.

When was Glenmere Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glenmere Community Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does Glenmere Community Primary School have?

Glenmere Community Primary School has 212 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glenmere Community Primary School cover?

Glenmere Community Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glenmere Community Primary School?

Glenmere Community Primary School is at Estoril Avenue, Wigston, Leicestershire, LE18 3RD.