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Foxton Primary School

Primary · Market Harborough · LE16 7QZ

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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 28 February 2023

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At a glance

94 pupils · 90% of 105 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
18.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
18.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.foxton.leics.sch.uk
URN
151090

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 15 Reception places, 0.93 first choices per place. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 28 February 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

15 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

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
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school80%
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
Crowhurst CofE Primary SchoolBattle · 128 miles awayExpected standard73%
Brailes Church of England Primary SchoolBanbury · 39 miles awayNo current grade75%
High Coniscliffe CofE Primary SchoolDarlington · 143 miles awayExpected standard62%
St Wulstan's Catholic Primary SchoolStourport-on-Severn · 57 miles awayGood76%
Earith Primary SchoolHuntingdon · 43 miles awayExpected standard78%
St Mary's Catholic Voluntary AcademyHigh Peak · 74 miles awayGood70%
Stutton Church of England Primary SchoolIPSWICH · 96 miles awayGood50%
Allithwaite CofE Primary SchoolGrange-over-Sands · 142 miles awayNeeds attention67%
Holme CofE Primary SchoolPeterborough · 30 miles awayGood59%
Bucklebury C.E. Primary SchoolReading · 76 miles awayGood53%
Four Elms Primary SchoolEdenbridge · 100 miles awayExpected standard100%
Standlake Church of England Primary SchoolStandlake · 57 miles awayGood48%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 79% (Leicestershire 73%, England 60%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 13% (Leicestershire 0%, England 0%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Leicestershire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Leicestershire 2%, England 2%)

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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.08 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

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
21.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

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)

28.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £52,083; 16.7% 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£8,409
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £97,000; in-year balance +£31,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work47.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier79.3%62.3%
Social housing7.5%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses56.3%22.9%
Flats2.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01025788 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£460,00023 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£720,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£720,000
Semi-detached (9)£305,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of 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
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
1a 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

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