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Highfields Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Pluto Close, Highfields, Leicester LE2 0UU · highfields-pri.leicester.sch.uk · 0116 253 1382
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Leicester 60%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.71 mi
- 1.15 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Leicester Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 352
- 91% of 388 places
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.5%
- First language not English
- 82.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.71 mi (1.15 km) from the school. Source: Leicester Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 49 families put the school first and 48 places were offered; 98% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 48 | 49 | 1▲ | 98% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 48 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 48 | 51 | 1.1▲ | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 48 | 46 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.71 mi1.15 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% 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 | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 130258)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Highfields Primary School on 5 November 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2013
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 130258), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Sept 2013Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130258)
May 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130258)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (29 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 29
- 8% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 72% who raised concerns
based on the 41% who had a child bullied