Ab Kettleby Primary School

Ab Kettleby Primary is a welcoming and inclusive school that provides a good quality of education. The staff develop strong relationships with students and their families, promoting a sense of community and safety among pupils. The school emphasizes high aspirations and offers a broad curriculum enriched with extracurricular activities that motivate pupils and involve them in their local community. Leaders are dedicated to ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs, are well supported and able to achieve their potential. Overall, the school has maintained its good performance since its previous inspection.

Strengths

• Strong community spirit and supportive school environment
• Well-structured curriculum that builds knowledge progressively
• Effective early years provision that gets children off to a strong start
• High-quality phonics training and reading support for pupils
• Strong leadership with caring relationships among staff and pupils

Areas for Improvement

• Subject leaders need to monitor the implementation and quality of the curriculum more effectively
• A small number of pupils lack understanding and tolerance of individual differences

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 Ab Kettleby Primary School attended 96.8% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% 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 Ab Kettleby 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 Ab Kettleby Primary School had 17.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.3% 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, 13.4% of pupils at Ab Kettleby 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 Ab Kettleby Primary School received £8,640 and spent £8,423 for each of its 67 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £153,000 (£2,280 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of Mowbray Education Trust Limited, income was £7,598 and spending £7,528 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 Melton Mowbray · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Ab Kettleby Primary School is part of Mowbray Education Trust Limited, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• John Ferneley College Melton Mowbray
• The Grove Primary School Melton Mowbray
• Brownlow Primary School Melton Mowbray
• Sherard Primary School Melton Mowbray
• Somerby Primary School Melton Mowbray
• Buckminster Primary School Grantham
• Iveshead School Loughborough

What is Ab Kettleby Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ab Kettleby Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Ab Kettleby Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ab Kettleby Primary School was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Ab Kettleby Primary School have?

Ab Kettleby Primary School has 67 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ab Kettleby Primary School cover?

Ab Kettleby Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 36% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ab Kettleby Primary School?

Ab Kettleby Primary School is at Wartnaby Road, Ab Kettleby, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE14 3JJ.