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Hallam Fields, Birstall
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
Long Meadow Way, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3LL · 0116 267 0550
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 85%
- 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
- 190
- 90% of 210 places
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 14.7%
- First language not English
- 10.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 29 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 97% 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 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 97% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 30 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Results
In 2024/25, 85% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲85% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲110 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Hallam Fields, Birstall was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 21 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 21 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2022
Earlier inspections
Jan 2022Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (43 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 43
- 21% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 11 parents (26%) with SEND