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Fossebrook Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Holmfield Avenue West, Leicester Forest East, Leicester LE3 3FF · fossebrook.org.uk · 0116 308 7966
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicestershire 63%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.2
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 205
- 98% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.5%
- First language not English
- 29.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 33 families put the school first and 28 places were offered; 76% 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 | 28 | 33 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 35 | 1.2▲ | 80% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 30 | 43 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 53 | 1.8▲ | 55% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 29 | 51 | 1.8▲ | 55% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 3% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▼3% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ●107 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Fossebrook Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2019Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (39 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 39
- 19% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied
based on 14 parents (36%) with SEND