Mowmacre Hill Primary School

Mowmacre Hill Primary School has demonstrated its commitment to maintaining effective educational standards since the last inspection and continues to nurture a positive learning environment for its pupils. The school promotes values that foster a supportive community, and students generally enjoy their learning experiences, indicating a well-structured curriculum that meets their diverse needs. The school is part of the Discovery Schools Academies Trust, which adds a layer of support in its management and operations, ensuring it remains focused on school improvement.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and feel supported by staff.
• High expectations for pupil behavior and achievement.
• Ambitious and well-organized curriculum that meets pupils' needs.
• Effective phonics teaching leading to confident readers.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Successful support for pupils who join at different times of the year.
• Comprehensive personal development programme.

Areas for Improvement

• Recent low outcomes in phonics skills check and key stage 2 tests.
• Inconsistencies in utilizing assessment information to address 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 Mowmacre Hill Primary School attended 94.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Mowmacre 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 Mowmacre Hill Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.9% 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, 15.8% of pupils at Mowmacre Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.2% 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 Mowmacre Hill Primary School received £8,027 and spent £8,392 for each of its 354 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £314,000 (£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 · Leicester local authority: places and applications

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

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

What is Mowmacre Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Mowmacre Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mowmacre Hill Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Mowmacre Hill Primary School have?

Mowmacre Hill Primary School has 348 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mowmacre Hill Primary School cover?

Mowmacre Hill Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mowmacre Hill Primary School?

Mowmacre Hill Primary School is at Tedworth Green, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE4 2NG.