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Newbold Verdon Primary School

Primary · Leicester · LE9 9NG

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 1 May 2024

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At a glance

220 pupils · 88% of 249 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
14.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.newboldverdonprimaryschool.co.uk
URN
119942

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 28 Reception places, 1.11 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 1 May 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.11 first-choice applications per place

28 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
31%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
100
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
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 school31%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Leicestershire average63.1%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Bletchingley Village Primary School & NurseryRedhill · 110 miles awayRequires improvement62%
Wharncliffe Side Primary School and NurserySheffield · 57 miles awayGood61%
Knotty Ash Primary SchoolLiverpool · 84 miles awayGood60%
Gagle Brook Primary SchoolBicester · 50 miles awayGood47%
Acre Hall Primary SchoolManchester · 71 miles awayRequires improvement45%
Chesterton Primary SchoolCirencester · 69 miles awayGood62%
Townley Primary SchoolWisbech · 65 miles awayGood38%
Manor Primary School, IvybridgeIvybridge · 191 miles awayGood33%
Riverside Junior SchoolHebden Bridge · 81 miles awayNo current grade71%
West Malling Church of England Primary School and McGinty Speech and Language SrpWest Malling · 119 miles awayGood60%
Castle Mead SchoolTrowbridge · 98 miles awayGood60%
Westlea Primary SchoolSwindon · 77 miles awayGood50%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: SEN unit.

SEN unit
24 of 24 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 6% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leicestershire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Black African 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%)

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)
6.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.50 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
15
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school

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)

27.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.1 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 £48,302; 11.8% 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£10,463
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£141,193; in-year balance -£12,225

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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 higher24.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work28.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health45.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier63%62.3%
Social housing26.9%17.1%
Privately rented9.7%20.5%
Detached houses20%22.9%
Flats11.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van15.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025875 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£270,000126 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£230,000–£343,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (52)£354,000
Semi-detached (59)£258,000
Terraced (14)£213,500

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
1a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
2a 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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