Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Primary · Wigston · LE18 3TD

Needs attention

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Needs attentionAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 January 2026 · report published 4 February 2026

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At a glance

78 pupils · 66% of 119 capacity

School type: Voluntary aided school
Age range: 3–11
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England
Free school meals: 3.8% of pupils
English as additional language: 5% of pupils
SEN support: 11.2% of pupils
EHC plan: 1.2% of pupils
Nursery: Yes
Website: www.kilby.leics.sch.uk
URN: 120195

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

50%

England 62%

Reaching the higher standard

England 8%

Average scaled score (reading)

107

England 106

Average scaled score (maths)

101

England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)

5.1%

England 6.5%

Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)

15.3%

England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher

15.9

England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,483

Typical primary school£6,960

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Inspection history since 2015

7 January 2026: Needs attention (report card inspection)
27 April 2022: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next (ungraded inspection)
13 September 2016: Good (graded inspection)

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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