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Thorpe Acre Infant School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Community school

Alan Moss Road, Loughborough LE11 4SQ · tais.leics.sch.uk · 01509 212021

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2023
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
Pupils
123
82% of 150 places
Local authority
Leicestershire
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
27.6%
First language not English
24.4%
School census 2025/26

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Reception in September 2026, 26 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 26 (Places 34)26September 2023: 33 (Places 49)33September 2024: 36 (Places 43)36September 2025: 23 (Places 25)23September 2026: 26 (Places 26)26Places 26
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202626261100%
September 2025Sept 202525230.9100%
September 2024Sept 202443360.8100%
September 2023Sept 202349330.7100%
September 2022Sept 202234260.8100%

Ofsted

Thorpe Acre Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 26 September 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
26 Sept 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Feb 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Feb 2022Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Jan 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Feb 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 2 September 2024).

Recommend
64%
Replies
14
2 Sept 2024
Child is happy at school▼78% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲93% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▼78% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼65% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲93% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼58% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects●92% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼64% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼72% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼61% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 71% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼0% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 36% who had a child bullied

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