SchoolFacts.uk

Hallaton Church of England Primary School

Primary · Market Harborough · LE16 8TY

Data updated

⇄ Compare with another school
Requires improvement

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: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: Requires improvementLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 July 2023

Read the Ofsted report ↗

At a glance

46 pupils · 47% of 98 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary controlled school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
13% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.hallatonprimary.co.uk/
URN
120176

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 4 families named it first for 4 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Requires improvement on 3 July 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
53%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school53%
Median of its 12 closest peers62%
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
Dry Drayton CofE (C) Primary School, and Pre-SchoolCambridge · 43 miles awayGood70%
Bardwell Church of England Primary SchoolBury St Edmunds · 73 miles awayExpected standard43%
St Luke's Catholic Primary SchoolFrodsham · 93 miles awayGood43%
Hose Church of England Primary SchoolMelton Mowbray · 21 miles awayGood43%
Wigley Primary SchoolChesterfield · 55 miles awayExpected standard83%
Hawes Primary SchoolHawes · 133 miles awayGood75%
West Meon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolPetersfield · 108 miles awayGood78%
Penruddock Primary SchoolPenrith · 166 miles awayNeeds attention38%
Nutley Church of England Primary SchoolUckfield · 112 miles awayNeeds attention54%
Grassington Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolSkipton · 115 miles awayGood71%
Tiffield Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolTowcester · 29 miles awayExpected standard70%
Egton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolWhitby · 130 miles awayGood29%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (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)
4.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.9%
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

Suspensions and exclusions, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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
9.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

52% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 16% moved to another state school · 32% left the state-funded sector

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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.4 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 £52,405; 14.3% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

Vacancies, sickness and pay, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£14,587
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£128,459; in-year balance -£85,783

Spending and reserves, last three years Premium

Premium shows the same figures for each of the last three years.

Unlock with SchoolFacts Premium →

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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications11.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways7.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.8%62.3%
Social housing6.9%17.1%
Privately rented13.3%20.5%
Detached houses60%22.9%
Flats1.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms49.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025809 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£330,00021 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£270,000–£430,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (7)£525,000
Semi-detached (6)£345,000
Terraced (8)£270,000

Homes around this school are dearer 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

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

Nearby schools