Fossebrook Primary School

Fossebrook Primary School is successfully maintaining the high standards established during its previous inspection, demonstrating effective leadership and a strong sense of community among staff and pupils. The school fosters a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and valued, which is reflected in their positive attitudes towards learning and behaviour. With a strong emphasis on high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), the school ensures that pupils achieve well across subjects, particularly in reading and mathematics.

Strengths

• Effective teaching of reading, fostering a love for literature.
• Rapid progress in phonics during the Reception Year.
• Strong writing skills developed across the curriculum.
• Excellent behaviour and supportive school culture.
• High levels of pupil attendance and effective monitoring.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils, creating a family feel.

Areas for Improvement

• Some knowledge in the wider curriculum is not defined clearly enough, leading to gaps in recall and application.

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 Fossebrook Primary School attended 95.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.1% 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, 1.4% of pupils at Fossebrook 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 Fossebrook Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 37.0% 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 Fossebrook Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.9% 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 Fossebrook Primary School received £6,837 and spent £7,588 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £185,000 (£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

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

• Braunstone Community Primary School Leicester
• Enderby Danemill Primary School Leicester
• Millgate School Leicester
• Greystoke Primary School Leicester
• Woolden Hill Primary School Leicester
• Mowmacre Hill Primary School Leicester
• Parkland Primary School South Wigston Wigston
• Badgerbrook Primary School Leicester
• Merrydale Junior School Leicester
• Ash Field Academy Leicester

What is Fossebrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Fossebrook Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Fossebrook Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Fossebrook Primary School have?

Fossebrook Primary School has 205 pupils on roll.

What age range does Fossebrook Primary School cover?

Fossebrook Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Fossebrook Primary School?

Fossebrook Primary School is at Holmfield Avenue West, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 3FF.