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Shaftesbury Junior School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 7–11 · Community school
Latimer Street, Leicester LE3 0QE · shaftesbury.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 254 9203
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 58%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicester 60%, England 62%
- Pupils
- 239
- 100% of 240 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Free school meals
- 36%
- First language not English
- 69%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Results
In 2024/25, 58% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 0% the higher standard. Across Leicester it was 60%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▼58% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Shaftesbury Junior School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 8 February 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 8 Feb 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Dec 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (21 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 21
- 9% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 76% who raised concerns
based on the 24% who had a child bullied