Woolden Hill Primary School

Woolden Hill Primary School has shown significant improvement since its last inspection and is now rated as good overall. Pupils and staff express happiness and a sense of community within the school, with pupils demonstrating good behavior and positive attitudes towards learning. The curriculum is designed to foster the knowledge and skills necessary for success, with strong performance particularly noted in reading and mathematics. However, there remains room for improvement in subjects like music and French, where learning could be better retained. Ambitious leadership and effective support for pupils with special educational needs contribute to the school's positive outcomes.

Strengths

• Pupils and staff are happy and feel safe at the school.
• Good behavior observed among pupils.
• High expectations set by leadership for pupil achievement.
• Curriculum designed to support knowledge and skill acquisition.
• Strong performance in reading and phonics.
• Effective teaching and support for pupils with SEND.
• Positive personal development opportunities for pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Some subjects like music and French need further development.
• Teachers occasionally do not provide sufficiently challenging work for all pupils.

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 Woolden Hill Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.0% 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 Woolden Hill 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 Woolden Hill Primary School had 20.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.2% 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, 13.2% of pupils at Woolden Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.6% 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 Woolden Hill Primary School received £6,840 and spent £7,620 for each of its 207 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £184,000 (£888 per pupil).

Across all 20 schools of Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd, income was £9,576 and spending £9,975 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

Woolden Hill Primary School is part of Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Mowmacre Hill Primary School Leicester
• Braunstone Community Primary School Leicester
• Fossebrook Primary School Leicester
• Merrydale Junior School Leicester
• Sileby Redlands Community Primary School Loughborough
• Millgate School Leicester
• Ash Field Academy Leicester
• Keyham Lodge School Leicester
• Enderby Danemill Primary School Leicester
• Parkland Primary School South Wigston Wigston

What is Woolden Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Woolden Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Woolden Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Woolden Hill Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Woolden Hill Primary School have?

Woolden Hill Primary School has 228 pupils on roll.

What age range does Woolden Hill Primary School cover?

Woolden Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 55% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Woolden Hill Primary School?

Woolden Hill Primary School is at Netherfield Road, Anstey, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 7ES.