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Glen Hills Primary School

Primary · Leicester · LE2 9NY

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 20 March 2024

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At a glance

471 pupils · 91% of 518 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
20.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.glen-hills.leics.sch.uk/
URN
137932

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 60 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.02 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 20 March 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.02 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 60 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
64%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
5%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school64%
Median of its 12 closest peers60.5%
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
Exwick Heights Primary SchoolExeter · 164 miles awayGood66%
Veritas Primary AcademyStafford · 41 miles awayGood61%
Weddington Primary SchoolNuneaton · 13 miles awayGood73%
Captain Cook Primary SchoolMarton · 134 miles awayGood75%
Ashton-on-Ribble St Andrew's Church of England Primary SchoolPreston · 104 miles awayGood68%
Bowerham Primary & Nursery SchoolLancaster · 121 miles awayExpected standard60%
Saltdean Primary SchoolBrighton · 132 miles awayGood52%
Waycroft AcademyBristol · 100 miles awayGood48%
Somers Park Primary SchoolMalvern · 58 miles awayGood56%
Dunmow St Mary's Primary SchoolDunmow · 81 miles awayGood58%
Abbots Hall Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 100 miles awayGood66%
Heron Primary SchoolGloucester · 68 miles awayGood55%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 68% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 5% (Leicestershire 7%, England 4%) · Any other White background 5% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (Leicestershire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Leicestershire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Leicestershire 0%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Leicestershire 1%, England 3%) · 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.21 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
21.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

66.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 14.8 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 £51,200; 12% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,237
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 5% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£97,000; in-year balance +£116,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher26.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.5%18.1%
Residents in very good health45%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier76.7%62.3%
Social housing13.1%17.1%
Privately rented10.3%20.5%
Detached houses25.7%22.9%
Flats16.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van18.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025657 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£250,000197 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£201,000–£323,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (38)£387,500
Semi-detached (98)£260,000
Terraced (43)£200,000
Flat (18)£127,500

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
5an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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