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Townlands Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 275 pupils Leicester
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Townlands Church of England Primary School is an academy converter in Leicester for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Church of England religious character. It has 275 pupils on roll. In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Meadow Court Road
Earl Shilton
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE9 7FF
Phone 01455843859
Reference Number 141630

General Makeup

Number of pupils 275
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.18%
Girls: 53.82%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 17.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 5.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 19
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 17 6 23
2 15 22 37
3 17 25 42
4 20 19 39
5 26 25 51
6 21 27 48

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 85.8%
White, Other 2.9%
White & Asian 2.5%
Indian 1.8%
White & Black (African) 1.8%
African 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 1.1%
Mixed, Other 1.1%
Asian, Other 1.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 21 Mar 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
21 Mar 2023 School inspection
24 Oct 2017 Short inspection
01 Jan 2015 Academy conversion letter
17 Apr 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Townlands Church of England Primary School
16 Jun 2010 Full inspection:
10 Jan 2007 Full inspection:
25 Feb 2002 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 65%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 10%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 105
Maths 104

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.4
Writing 1
Maths 0

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 31 0
Third Preference 23 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Townlands Church of England Primary School had 290 pupils for 420 places. 130 places (31.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Barwell & Earl Shilton Primary” planning area

Leicestershire counted 158 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 184 in 2029–30, up 16%.

2015201620172018201920212022202320242025
Places 315315315420420420420420420420
Pupils 229253270304319364356329315290
Unfilled 27.3%19.7%14.3%27.6%24.0%13.3%15.2%21.7%25.0%31.0%

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 Townlands Church of England Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 10.1% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201620172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.0%2.9%2.9%2.4%2.3%3.7%4.0%3.4%3.0%
Unauthorised absence 1.2%1.6%1.3%1.1%0.6%1.5%1.2%1.0%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.9%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.6%0.7%0.0%0.0%

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 Townlands Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.00.40.30.00.90.30.60.30.60.0
Permanent exclusions 0000000000

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 Townlands Church of England Primary School had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 12.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.112.410.012.111.011.412.811.510.29.710.3
Teachers who left state teaching 16.4%16.7%25.0%0.0%11.2%7.9%2.2%0.0%17.2%12.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 31.3%27.8%42.9%63.2%–54.5%80.0%60.0%47.6%64.7%–
Sick days per teacher 5.25.41.31.9–2.77.14.79.73.8–

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, 13.8% of pupils at Townlands Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 14 2
Social, emotional and mental health 12 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 4 2
Speech, language and communication needs 4 0
Specific learning difficulty 3 0
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 0 1

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 Townlands Church of England Primary School received £6,729 and spent £6,650 for each of its 277 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £311,000 (£1,123 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £281,000£143,000£225,000£387,000£407,000£336,000£311,000
per pupil £889£410£622£1,066£1,219£1,063£1,123
In-year balance -£8,000-£138,000£167,000£33,000£9,000-£45,000£22,000
per pupil -£25-£395£461£91£27-£142£79

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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Name Distance
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How many pupils does Townlands Church of England Primary School have?

Townlands Church of England Primary School has 275 pupils on roll.

What age range does Townlands Church of England Primary School cover?

Townlands Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Townlands Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Townlands Church of England Primary School?

Townlands Church of England Primary School is at Meadow Court Road, Earl Shilton, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 7FF.

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