Ravenhurst Primary School

Ravenhurst Primary School is a warm, highly inclusive school where pupils feel safe and happy and behave well. Inspectors found safeguarding standards met and inclusion particularly strong: staff know pupils exceptionally well, adapt teaching effectively for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities and disadvantaged pupils, and specialist support such as the Den and the Nest helps pupils thrive. Leadership and governance are secure, with trustees and governors providing appropriate support and challenge, and staff feel well supported. Inspectors found the school performing securely across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, leadership and governance, and personal development. Pupils achieve broadly in line with national averages in reading, writing and mathematics, phonics is consistently strong, and early years outcomes are improving rapidly. Personal development and pastoral support are notable strengths, with a broad enrichment programme and strong pupil leadership. Areas for improvement remain. Disadvantaged pupils' outcomes were more variable in 2025, with gaps widening in reading and mathematics, and attendance for disadvantaged pupils still needs to be brought closer to national figures. Leaders also want more pupils to achieve at the higher standard, and early years practice should further promote language and communication across all areas of learning. The school joined Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust in November 2022, a significant context for its recent development.

Strengths

• Highly inclusive ethos with staff knowing pupils exceptionally well.
• Effective targeted training and consistent classroom adaptations for pupils with SEND.
• Specialist provision including the Den and the Nest, plus close work with a local special school.
• Strong partnerships with parents and external agencies to remove barriers to learning.
• Phonics results consistently above national standards.
• Pupils with SEND make rapid progress from their starting points.
• Calm, safe environment with high behavioural expectations and consistent routines.
• Pupils are polite, confident, courteous and show a love of learning.
• Ambitious, well-organised curriculum with a consistent 'Ravenhurst way' of teaching.
• Strong emphasis on reading, writing and mathematics with targeted support for pupils who struggle.
• Caring early years provision where children settle quickly and are typically well prepared for Year 1.
• Effective governance and trust oversight with appropriate challenge and support.
• Comprehensive personal development programme and strong pastoral support.
• Pupils demonstrate respect for diversity and a strong understanding of British values.
• Staff feel supported, with consideration given to their wellbeing and workload.

Areas for Improvement

• Disadvantaged pupils' reading and mathematics outcomes fell below national figures in 2025, with widened gaps.
• Attendance for disadvantaged pupils remains below national figures and needs further improvement.
• The proportion of pupils achieving at the higher standard of national curriculum expectations needs to increase.
• Early years learning environments and adult-child interactions could better promote language and communication across all areas.

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 Ravenhurst Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.7% 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, 2.1% of pupils at Ravenhurst 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 Ravenhurst Primary School had 22.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% 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, 17.9% of pupils at Ravenhurst 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 Ravenhurst Primary School received £6,475 and spent £6,324 for each of its 379 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £40,000 (£107 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, income was £6,437 and spending £6,453 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

Ravenhurst Primary School is part of Oadby, Wigston and Leicestershire Schools Academy Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• New Lubbesthorpe Primary School Leicester
• Little Hill Primary Wigston
• Langmoor Primary School Oadby Leicester
• Glenmere Community Primary School Wigston
• Fernvale Primary School Leicester
• Newlands Community Primary School Leicester
• Hinckley Parks Primary School Hinckley
• Hollycroft Primary School Hinckley

What is Ravenhurst Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Ravenhurst Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in January 2026.

When was Ravenhurst Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Ravenhurst Primary School was last inspected in January 2026.

How many pupils does Ravenhurst Primary School have?

Ravenhurst Primary School has 358 pupils on roll.

What age range does Ravenhurst Primary School cover?

Ravenhurst Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 58% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Ravenhurst Primary School?

Ravenhurst Primary School is at Ravenhurst Road, Braunstone Town, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 2PS.