Braunstone Frith Primary Academy

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy has demonstrated overall good performance in its first inspection under section 5 since converting to an academy in 2019. The school fosters a positive and inclusive environment, where pupils feel safe and valued. The ambitious curriculum is tailored to meet the diverse needs of its students, including those with SEND and EAL, and there is a strong emphasis on developing pupils' spoken language and vocabulary. Despite high-quality educational provisions, the school faces challenges in ensuring all pupils catch up effectively, especially those who enter the school with varying levels of English proficiency.

Strengths

• Vibrant and inclusive school culture.
• Ambitious and well-sequenced curriculum.
• Strong emphasis on developing spoken language.
• Effective support for disadvantaged and EAL pupils.
• High pupil engagement with reading.

Areas for Improvement

• Inadequate formative assessment leading to unaddressed misconceptions.
• Delayed identification of root causes for low attendance.

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 Braunstone Frith Primary Academy attended 91.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.3% 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, 0.8% of pupils at Braunstone Frith Primary Academy 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 Braunstone Frith Primary Academy had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 4.8% 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, 26.7% of pupils at Braunstone Frith Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 12 pupils.

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 Braunstone Frith Primary Academy received £8,649 and spent £8,117 for each of its 468 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £248,000 (£530 per pupil).

Across all 10 schools of Life Multi-Academy Trust, income was £8,357 and spending £8,230 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 · Leicester local authority: places and applications

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy is part of Life Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 10 schools. The nearest others:

• Kingsway Primary School Leicester
• The Winstanley School Leicester
• Bosworth Academy Leicester
• Desford Community Primary School Leicester
• Countesthorpe Academy Countesthorpe
• Dove Bank Primary School Nuneaton
• Ibstock School Ibstock
• Ashby School Ashby-De-La-Zouch
• Ivanhoe School Ashby-De-La-Zouch

What is Braunstone Frith Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Braunstone Frith Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Braunstone Frith Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Braunstone Frith Primary Academy have?

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy has 438 pupils on roll.

What age range does Braunstone Frith Primary Academy cover?

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Braunstone Frith Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Braunstone Frith Primary Academy?

Braunstone Frith Primary Academy is at Cuffling Drive, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 6NF.