Newbold Verdon Primary School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C55
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Leicester, LE9 9NG
- Distance
- 3.2km away
Desford Community Primary School
Kirkby Road, Desford, Leicester, LE9 9JH
Local ranking146th of 226 primary schools in Leicestershire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
420
Capacity
5-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 13 May 2025. Figures last updated .
School history and status
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
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
- 182 (47%)
- Girls
- 203 (53%)
- Capacity
- 420 (92% 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
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- 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
Kirkby Road
Leicester, East Midlands
Administrative
- URN
- 149267
- UKPRN
- 10090959
- Establishment No.
- 2032
- Trust
- LIFE MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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