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Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 203 pupils Leicester
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Houghton-on-the-Hill 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 203 pupils on roll. In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has fewer teachers for its size than most primary schools: 26.7 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Church of England
Address Main Street
Houghton-on-the-Hill
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE7 9GD
Phone 01162412465
Reference Number 145974

General Makeup

Number of pupils 203
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 46.8%
Girls: 53.2%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 7.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 12.8%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 30
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 30.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 10 30
2 15 14 29
3 13 16 29
4 11 19 30
5 12 18 30
6 18 14 32

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 60.6%
Indian 25.6%
Asian, Other 5.4%
White & Black (Caribbean) 3.4%
White & Asian 3.4%
Unclassified 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 04 Oct 2022 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
04 Oct 2022 School inspection
04 Jul 2018 Academy conversion letter
26 Jan 2016 Short inspection
Previously as Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School
28 Mar 2014 Interim assessment
06 Apr 2011 Full inspection:
05 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
22 Mar 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 64%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 7%

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 108
Maths 106

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 -1.6
Writing -1.9
Maths 0.1

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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.

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 29 1
Third Preference 19 1
From another Local Authority 7 1

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School had 211 pupils for 210 places. That is 1 more pupils than the school has room for.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “Houghton Primary” planning area

Leicestershire counted 31 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 31 in 2029–30, down 0%.

201920212022202320242025
Places 210210210210210210
Pupils 208212218206207211
Unfilled 1.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.4%0.0%

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 Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School attended 95.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 7.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 2.8%2.0%4.5%3.7%3.3%3.6%
Unauthorised absence 0.5%0.5%0.6%0.9%0.4%0.8%
Severely absent pupils 0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%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, 0.5% of pupils at Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.50.00.50.91.00.00.5
Permanent exclusions 0000000

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 Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School had 26.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 3.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 12.713.414.213.214.613.113.513.5
Teachers who left state teaching 11.5%19.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 18.2%–30.0%70.0%40.0%20.0%55.6%–
Sick days per teacher 0.3–0.613.82.30.619.9–

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, 17.2% of pupils at Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Social, emotional and mental health 14 0
Specific learning difficulty 9 1
Speech, language and communication needs 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Hearing impairment 3 0
Physical disability 1 0

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 Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School received £6,033 and spent £5,893 for each of its 208 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £55,000 (£263 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Learn Academies Trust, income was £6,955 and spending £6,849 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

201920202021202220232025
Revenue reserve £83,000£99,000£144,000£171,000£124,000£55,000
per pupil £402£457£674£794£598£263
In-year balance -£20,000£12,000£195,000£81,000-£49,000£29,000
per pupil -£95£57£909£377-£236£139

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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Humberstone Junior School
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Humberstone Infant Academy
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3.49 miles
Launde Primary School
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Name Distance
The City of Leicester College
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2.44 miles
Judgemeadow Community College
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2.68 miles
Manor High School
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2.73 miles
St Paul's Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy
Spencefield Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 6HN
2.77 miles
Netherhall Mead Academy
Keyham Lane West, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1RT
2.86 miles
Orchard Mead Academy
Keyham Lane West, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1RT
2.87 miles
Keyham Lodge School
Keyham Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 1FG
3.15 miles
Ash Field Academy
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3.5 miles
Gateway Sixth Form College
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3.54 miles
Leicester Grammar School Trust
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3.61 miles
Avanti Fields School
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3.63 miles
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3.64 miles
Beauchamp College
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3.75 miles
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3.77 miles
Gartree High School
Ridge Way, Oadby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 5TQ
3.79 miles
Leicester High School for Girls
4.05 miles
Madani Girls' School
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Madani Boys School
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4.06 miles
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4.06 miles
Miller House School
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4.18 miles

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How many pupils does Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School have?

Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School has 203 pupils on roll.

What age range does Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School cover?

Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 64% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School?

Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School is at Main Street, Houghton-on-the-Hill, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE7 9GD.

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