Dunton Bassett Primary School

Dunton Bassett Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard across all inspected areas including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, and personal development. The school's community atmosphere is notable, with pupils feeling valued and supported by caring staff. The curriculum is ambitious, enabling pupils to learn and remember more over time, and the emphasis on reading is helping students become confident readers from an early age. Parents express confidence in the school's commitment to improvement and pupil success. While there are many strengths, some areas need attention, particularly in ensuring all staff have a secure understanding of the curriculum to effectively address gaps in pupils' learning. Although pupils exhibit positive behaviours and attitudes towards learning, a few aspects of teaching methods could be refined to enhance deep understanding. The school is situated in a village community and is part of the Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust, which adds to its collaborative environment.

Strengths

• Pupils feel valued and respected as part of a caring community.
• Ambitious curriculum promotes effective learning and retention.
• Strong emphasis on reading from early years onwards.
• Inclusion of pupils with SEND is well managed.
• Positive behaviour and attitudes towards learning across the school.
• Pupils receive quick help when they need additional support.

Areas for Improvement

• Some teachers lack secure subject knowledge in certain areas.
• Tasks occasionally do not deepen pupils' understanding.

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 Dunton Bassett Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.5% 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, 1.8% of pupils at Dunton Bassett 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 Dunton Bassett Primary School had 16.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 41.2% 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, 11.1% of pupils at Dunton Bassett Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% 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 Dunton Bassett Primary School received £9,659 and spent £8,939 for each of its 58 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£620 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust, income was £6,962 and spending £6,746 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 Lutterworth · Leicestershire local authority: places and applications

Dunton Bassett Primary School is part of Inspiring Primaries Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School Lutterworth
• Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary School Lutterworth
• St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell Lutterworth
• Claybrooke Primary School Leicester
• All Saints Church of England Primary School, Sapcote Leicester
• John Wycliffe Primary School Lutterworth
• Sharnford Church of England Primary School Hinckley
• St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Golding Nuneaton

What is Dunton Bassett Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Dunton Bassett Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Dunton Bassett Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Dunton Bassett Primary School was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Dunton Bassett Primary School have?

Dunton Bassett Primary School has 54 pupils on roll.

What age range does Dunton Bassett Primary School cover?

Dunton Bassett Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 50% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Dunton Bassett Primary School?

Dunton Bassett Primary School is at The Mount, Dunton Bassett, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 5JL.