Merrydale Junior School
Primary · Leicester · LE5 0PL
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.
Inspected 23 October 2019
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354 pupils · 98% of 360 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 31.6% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 77.4% of pupils
- SEN support
- 15% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 1.4% of pupils
- Website
- www.merrydalejuniors.com
- URN
- 143244
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
87 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2023/24)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
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
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy 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
- 11 March 2025: Standards maintained
- 23 October 2019: Good
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.