OFSTED
Latest graded inspection
31 October 2023
Latest published outcome
Good
OEIF
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour & attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership & management
Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Free schools
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
—
Local authority
Leicestershire
Trust
OADBY, WIGSTON AND LEICESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
422
422 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
194
46.0% of pupils
Male pupils
228
54.0% of pupils
10.8 pts
below England
School
14.0%
Blaby
18.6%
East Midlands
25.0%
England
24.8%
7.3 pts
below England
School
13.0%
Blaby
11.5%
East Midlands
18.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Blaby
0.2%
East Midlands
0.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
4.5%
19
Any other Mixed background
4.0%
17
White and Black Caribbean
3.1%
13
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
14.0%
59 of
422 pupils
6.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
SEN support
9.0%
38 pupils
England
14.8%
5.8 pts
below
EHC plans
5.0%
21 pupils
England
6.0%
1.1 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Social, emotional & mental health
16
No specialist assessment yet
13
Speech, language & communication
11
Autistic spectrum disorder
7
Moderate learning difficulty
6
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
5.31%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
0.91 pts
lower than
England
School
5.31%
Blaby
5.60%
East Midlands
5.90%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
11.56%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
4.26 pts
lower than
England
School
11.56%
Blaby
12.67%
East Midlands
14.53%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
1.16%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
0.65 pts
lower than
England
School
1.16%
Blaby
1.84%
East Midlands
1.72%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
67.0%
21.2 pts
below England
New Lubbesthorpe Primary School
67.0%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.