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Moira Primary School

Primary · Swadlincote · DE12 6EX

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 January 2025

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At a glance

184 pupils · 88% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
31.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.moira.leics.sch.uk
URN
119906

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 20 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 0.95 first choices per place. At its inspection on 7 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.95 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 20 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

26 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
62%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
8%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
103
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school62%
Median of its 12 closest peers52.5%
Leicestershire average63.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Weeley St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolClacton-On-Sea · 127 miles awayGood29%
Freshwater & Yarmouth Church of England Aided Primary SchoolFreshwater · 141 miles awayGood42%
Cherry Tree AcademyColchester · 120 miles awayGood79%
Longridge St Wilfrid's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPreston · 87 miles awayGood67%
St Anne's Church of England Primary SchoolRossendale · 73 miles awayGood71%
St Pius X Catholic Primary School, BarrowBarrow-in-Furness · 119 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Watling Street Primary SchoolWalsall · 19 miles awayGood57%
Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolBlackburn · 81 miles awayGood59%
Pilsley Primary SchoolChesterfield · 29 miles awayGood87%
Reignhead Primary SchoolSheffield · 42 miles awayGood36%
Foley Park Primary AcademyKidderminster · 40 miles awayGood42%
St Bartholomew's Church of England Primary School (Aided)Newcastle-upon-Tyne · 156 miles awayGood35%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 90% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 3% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 2% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.99 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Leicestershire: 2.10 suspensions and 0.02 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70% of teachers took sickness absence, 1.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,938; 30% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,084
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £74,433; in-year balance +£19,879

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher25.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier61.4%62.3%
Social housing26.1%17.1%
Privately rented11.9%20.5%
Detached houses27.5%22.9%
Flats6.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms19.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van13.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025950 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,00031 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£203,000–£295,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£290,000
Semi-detached (11)£205,000
Terraced (8)£227,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
4a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
1a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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