Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School has demonstrated a commendable performance in its first inspection as an academy. The school has been deemed good overall, with outstanding ratings in behaviour and attitudes, as well as personal development. Pupils exhibit exemplary behaviour and have a strong sense of pride in their school values, which contributes positively to their learning environment. Both staff and parents express high levels of satisfaction with the school's commitment to providing a comprehensive education, which encompasses a variety of extracurricular activities that prepare students well for modern British life.

Strengths

• Exceptional behaviour and conduct of pupils.
• Strong emphasis on teaching reading, with effective phonics implementation.
• Meticulously planned and sequenced reading curriculum.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Comprehensive personal development curriculum.
• Cohesive and effective senior leadership team.

Areas for Improvement

• Minor inconsistencies in the retention of knowledge across a small number of foundation subjects.
• Confusion regarding roles and responsibilities within local governance.

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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 22.9% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Sparkenhoe Community 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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School had 20.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 5.0% 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, 14.7% of pupils at Sparkenhoe Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School received £8,161 and spent £7,952 for each of its 448 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £259,000 (£579 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Attenborough Learning Trust, income was £6,814 and spending £6,613 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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Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is part of Attenborough Learning Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Highfields Primary School Leicester
• Uplands Infant School Leicester
• Charnwood Primary School Leicester
• Shenton Primary School Leicester
• Bridge Junior School Leicester
• Green Lane Infant School Leicester
• Inglehurst Infant School Leicester
• Buswells Lodge Primary School Leicester

What is Sparkenhoe Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023.

When was Sparkenhoe Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School was last inspected in March 2023.

How many pupils does Sparkenhoe Community Primary School have?

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School has 450 pupils on roll.

What age range does Sparkenhoe Community Primary School cover?

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Sparkenhoe Community Primary School?

Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is at Saxby Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 0TD.