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Voluntary controlled school · Leicestershire

Cossington Church of England Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 99Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 120124URN

Main Street, Cossington, LEICESTER, LE7 4UU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2024 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
8.4per place
5.6 above Leicestershire median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire

117 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
88%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 25 June 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 25 June 2024
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 2 March 2023
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
8.4applications per place, Reception
5.6 above Leicestershire median (2.7) 6.2 above England median (2.2)

117 applications · 14 places offered · 16 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 8.4; Leicestershire median median 2.7
  2. 2025 9.1; Leicestershire median median 2.8
  3. 2024 5.1; Leicestershire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 5.5; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 3.9; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 4.1; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 4.1; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 3.7; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.8; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 3.4; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 3.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 3.3; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026141178.4161.14
Sep 202510919.190.90
Sep 202414715.1120.86
Sep 202315835.5251.67
Sep 202215593.9161.07
Sep 202115624.1251.67
Sep 202015614.1181.20
Sep 201915563.7161.07
Sep 201815422.8181.20
Sep 201715513.4171.13
Sep 201615503.3151.00
Sep 201515493.3191.27
Sep 201415302.0161.07

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 94% · Writing 88% · Maths 88% → all three 88% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard88%9th of 211 in Leicestershire
Reading
Expected standard94%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard88%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard88%
Higher standard63%
Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2588%0%110109
2023/2477%15%106106
2022/2380%13%106106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
120124 · 855/3024
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 99 on roll
Free school meals
10.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Main Street, Cossington, LEICESTER, LE7 4UU
Local authority
Leicestershire · Charnwood

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources