Robert Bakewell Primary School

Robert Bakewell Primary is a welcoming school with a strong sense of community. The school has made significant improvements since its previous inspection, achieving a 'Good' overall effectiveness rating. The staff and students exhibit a positive attitude toward their work, and there is a notable emphasis on inclusion, particularly for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Parents express high satisfaction with the school's care and support for their children, indicating that the school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils thrive both academically and socially.

Strengths

• Strong caring and family ethos within the school.
• High expectations of pupils leading to positive attitudes and good behavior.
• Well-structured curriculum in many subjects that promotes gradual knowledge building.
• Effective teaching of phonics with consistent approaches to reading.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND to access the full curriculum.
• Positive and supportive relationships among staff and pupils.
• Robust safeguarding procedures ensuring pupil welfare.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in curriculum clarity and sequencing in some subjects.
• Assessment approaches do not consistently identify learning gaps.

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 Robert Bakewell Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.2% 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, 1.0% of pupils at Robert Bakewell 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 Robert Bakewell Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.6% 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, 18.2% of pupils at Robert Bakewell Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.5% 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 Robert Bakewell Primary School received £6,576 and spent £6,318 for each of its 314 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £302,000 (£962 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 Robert Bakewell Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Robert Bakewell Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Robert Bakewell Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Robert Bakewell Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Robert Bakewell Primary School have?

Robert Bakewell Primary School has 307 pupils on roll.

What age range does Robert Bakewell Primary School cover?

Robert Bakewell Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 29% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Robert Bakewell Primary School?

Robert Bakewell Primary School is at Barsby Drive, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 5UJ.