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Red Hill Field Primary School

Primary · Leicester · LE19 3EF

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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 16 March 2022

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At a glance

235 pupils · 75% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
14.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
3.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.redhillfieldprimary.uk
URN
139344

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 29 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Good on 16 March 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 29 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

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
12%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
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
Grove Junior SchoolNailsea · 103 miles awayGood65%
Wootton Community Primary SchoolRyde · 128 miles awayGood (2019)59%
Childer Thornton Primary SchoolEllesmere Port · 88 miles awayOutstanding77%
Warlingham Village Primary SchoolWarlingham · 100 miles awayOutstanding72%
Croft Primary SchoolWarrington · 82 miles awayGood73%
Meppershall Church of England AcademyShefford · 54 miles awayGood30%
Woodham Ley Primary SchoolBenfleet · 102 miles awayGood70%
Allesley Hall Primary SchoolCoventry · 18 miles awayNeeds attention55%
Great Leighs Primary SchoolChelmsford · 89 miles awayGood52%
Elton Primary SchoolChester · 82 miles awayGood74%
St Michael's CofE Primary School, Howe BridgeGreater Manchester · 84 miles awayGood67%
Frampton Cotterell Church of England Primary SchoolBristol · 90 miles awayExpected standard88%

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%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 2% (Leicestershire 4%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 2% (Leicestershire 7%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 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)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
8.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.44 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% 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)

52.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 17.3 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 £46,140; 18.8% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,286
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£13,000; in-year balance +£137,000

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work37.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.9%62.3%
Social housing5.7%17.1%
Privately rented14.3%20.5%
Detached houses36.9%22.9%
Flats4.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms24.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van10.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025643 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£305,000205 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£232,500–£385,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (102)£380,000
Semi-detached (63)£257,000
Terraced (28)£217,500
Flat (12)£165,000

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

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
9an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
4an 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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