Desford Community Primary School

Kirkby Road, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JH

Local ranking146th of 225 primary schools in Leicestershire

Ofsted: Good

Primary

Phase

420

Capacity

5-11

Age range

Mixed

Gender

Continues from Desford Community Primary School (URN 119921) since 1 September 2022. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.

Ofsted Inspection

Inspected 13 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full

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Safeguarding standards Met

Quality of education: Good
Behaviour & attitudes: Good
Personal development: Good
Leadership & management: Good
Early years: Good

Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate

Year:

KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)

2024-25

Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected): 71.0% nat62.0%
Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher): 4.0% nat8.0%
Reading (Expected): 78.0%
Writing (Expected): 76.0%
Maths (Expected): 82.0%
Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected): 86.0%
Reading avg scaled score: 107.0 nat106.0
Maths avg scaled score: 108.0 nat105.0
GPS avg scaled score: 108.0
Cohort Size: 49

Pupil Demographics

2024-25

Total Pupils: 382
Boys: 186 (49%)
Girls: 196 (51%)
Capacity: 420 (91% full)
SEND: 14.7%
FSM Eligible: 12.8%
EAL: 2.9%
SEN with EHC Plan: 2.6%
SEN Support: 12.0%
Pupil:Teacher Ratio: 24.2:1
Teachers (FTE): 15.8
Budget per Pupil: £5,924/yr

Attendance & Absence

2024-25

Overall Absence Rate: 3.6% nat6.2%
Persistent Absence: 3.7% nat15.8%

Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.

School Information

Type: Academy converter
Phase: Primary
Religious Character: Does not apply
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Boarders: No boarders
Admissions: Not applicable

Pupil Ethnicity

2024-25

White British: 86.4%
Mixed White & Asian: 2.4%
Mixed Other: 2.4%
White Other: 2.1%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
Asian Indian: 1.9%
Black African: 1.1%
Mixed White & Black African: 0.8%

86.4%

White British

2.4%

Mixed White & Asian

2.4%

Mixed Other

Historical Trends

KS2 Performance

Pupil Demographics

Attendance & Absence

Ethnicity Over Time

Contact & Location

01455822379

cwilson@desford.leics.sch.uk

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Kirkby Road

Leicester, East Midlands

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Administrative

URN: 149267
UKPRN: 10090959
Establishment No.: 2032
Trust: LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

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