Glenfield Primary School

Glenfield Primary School is performing at a good level overall, with strengths particularly noted in behaviour and attitudes, which are rated as outstanding. The school boasts a caring environment where pupils engage positively with their learning and demonstrate excellent relationships with staff. Although challenges remain in specific curriculum areas, the school's broad and ambitious curriculum effectively meets the needs of a diverse student body, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The strong emphasis on reading and personal development further supports the overall effectiveness of the school.

Strengths

• Exceptional behaviour and positive attitudes towards learning
• Inclusive and aspirational environment for all pupils
• Strong emphasis on reading with effective phonics instruction
• Broad and interesting curriculum that meets pupil needs
• Excellent support for pupils with SEND

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent definition and sequencing of knowledge in some foundation subjects
• Some lessons lack challenge and do not focus on key knowledge
• Routines for checking pupils' long-term retention of knowledge are not yet well established in all subjects

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 Glenfield Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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, 0.9% of pupils at Glenfield 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 Glenfield Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.7% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Glenfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 23 pupils.

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 2023–24 Glenfield Primary School received £6,625 and spent £6,546 for each of its 419 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £597,000 (£1,425 per pupil).

Across all 36 schools of Flying High Trust, income was £6,524 and spending £6,335 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 Leicester · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Glenfield Primary School is part of Flying High Trust, which runs 38 schools. The nearest others:

• Launde Primary School Leicestershire
• Foxbridge Primary School Castle Donington
• Brooklands Primary School Nottingham
• Alderman Pounder Infant and Nursery School Nottingham
• Edwalton Primary School Nottingham
• Greythorn Primary School Nottingham
• Cotgrave Candleby Lane School Nottingham
• Beeston Fields Flying High Academy Nottingham
• Blue Bell Hill Primary and Nursery School Nottingham
• Rivendell Flying High Academy Nottingham

What is Glenfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Glenfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Glenfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Glenfield Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Glenfield Primary School have?

Glenfield Primary School has 433 pupils on roll.

What age range does Glenfield Primary School cover?

Glenfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 57% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Glenfield Primary School?

Glenfield Primary School is at Stamford Street, Glenfield, Glenfield Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 8DL.