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Glen Hills Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Featherby Drive, Glen Parva, Leicester LE2 9NY · glen-hills.leics.sch.uk · 0116 278 2535
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 64%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicestershire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 471
- 91% of 518 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.4%
- First language not English
- 9.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 60 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 60 | 1▲ | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 74 | 71 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 58 | 58 | 1 | 98% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 66 | 66 | 1 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 64% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 5% the higher standard. Across Leicestershire it was 63%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●64% | 62% | ||
| ▼5% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Glen Hills Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
98% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (89 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 98%
- Replies
- 89
- 18% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 26% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (25%) with SEND