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St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley

Primary · Hinckley · LE10 1AW

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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 12 September 2023

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At a glance

224 pupils · 63% of 354 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
26.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
10.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.stmarys.leics.sch.uk/
URN
120134

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 15 families named it first for 22 Reception places, 0.68 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 12 September 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.68 first-choice applications per place

22 places offered · 15 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
56%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school56%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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
St Edward's Catholic AcademySwadlincote · 18 miles awayGood45%
Teagues Bridge Primary SchoolTelford · 47 miles awayNeeds attention66%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, HeatonNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 169 miles awayOutstanding70%
Holy Family Catholic Primary SchoolBlackpool · 113 miles awayGood73%
Victoria Road Primary SchoolAshford · 136 miles awayGood50%
St Mary's and St Benedict's Roman Catholic Primary SchoolPreston · 98 miles awayRequires improvement52%
The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary OverieLONDON · 90 miles awayOutstanding93%
Brooklands Primary SchoolLondon · 95 miles awayGood61%
St Francis Catholic AcademyBedworth · 6 miles awayGood72%
Osbaldwick Primary AcademyYork · 99 miles awayGood60%
Gatcombe Park Primary SchoolPortsmouth · 119 miles awayGood63%
Whitchurch Primary SchoolBristol · 93 miles awayNo current grade65%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 60% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 10% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Black African 9% (Leicestershire 2%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Leicestershire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Leicestershire 7%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · other groups together 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
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)

42.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 20.3 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 £54,722; 15.4% 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£8,422
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£475,944; in-year balance -£217,875

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work25.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways20.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier46.2%62.3%
Social housing6.2%17.1%
Privately rented47.4%20.5%
Detached houses5.3%22.9%
Flats46.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van32.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025852 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£218,500583 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£165,000–£275,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (93)£340,000
Semi-detached (198)£254,000
Terraced (196)£190,000
Flat (96)£127,000

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
8an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
27an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
6an urban school averages 6.1

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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