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Heatherbrook Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 2–11 · Sponsored academy
Astill Lodge Road, Beaumont Leys, Leicester LE4 1BE · heatherbrook.lwlat.org.uk · 0116 235 7721
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 56%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicester 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 150
- 71% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 34%
- First language not English
- 40%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 places were offered; 100% 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 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 25 | 25 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 18 | 17 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 56% 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 | |||
| ▼56% | 62% | ||
| ▼0% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▼103 | 106 | ||
| ▼102 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120067)
Ofsted
Heatherbrook Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 20 March 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 20 Mar 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120067), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Apr 2016Requires improvement
Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120067)
What parents said
61% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 61%
- Replies
- 18
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied