Graded inspection · Jan 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 28 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 15 November 2023Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)
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 entry134 applications · 48 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 2.8; Leicestershire median median 2.7
- 2025 2.6; Leicestershire median median 2.8
- 2024 2.1; Leicestershire median median 2.4
- 2023 2.3; Leicestershire median median 2.3
- 2022 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.9
- 2021 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2020 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.1; Leicestershire median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2017 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2016 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.8
- 2015 2.2; Leicestershire median median 1.7
- 2014 2.3; Leicestershire median median 1.7
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 48 | 134 | 2.8 | 46 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2025 | 57 | 146 | 2.6 | 56 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2024 | 60 | 127 | 2.1 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 59 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2022 | 57 | 97 | 1.7 | 53 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 60 | 101 | 1.7 | 60 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2020 | 60 | 138 | 2.3 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2019 | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 69 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2018 | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2017 | 58 | 131 | 2.3 | 67 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2016 | 59 | 132 | 2.2 | 75 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2015 | 60 | 133 | 2.2 | 90 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2014 | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 86 | 1.43 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 73% · Writing 66% · Maths 76% → all three 58% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Leicestershire median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 58% | 0% | 104 | 104 |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 8% | 107 | 105 |
| 2022/23 | 71% | 12% | 105 | 106 |
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
- The Merton Primary SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20232.7applications per place 58%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LeicestershireStandards maintained20253.0applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LeicestershireGraded · no overall grade20254.0applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.5 km · LeicestershireRequires improvement20232.9applications per place 51%met the SATs standard
- 2.2 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20241.8applications per place
- 2.2 km · Leicestershire202657%met the SATs standard
- 2.3 km · LeicestershireRemains Good20244.0applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
- 2.9 km · Leicestershire20262.6applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
- 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138818 · 855/2161
- Capacity
- 420 pupils · 413 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 October 2012
- Replaced
- The Merton Primary School (URN 119970)
- Address
- Cherry Drive, Syston, Leicester, LE7 2PT
- Local authority
- Leicestershire · Charnwood
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources