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Captains Close Primary School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 189Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 139845URN

Saxelby Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3TU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.1per place
0.7 below Leicestershire median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire

39 applications for 19 places · 147th of 176 in Leicestershire
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
55%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 15 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

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
2.1applications per place, Reception
0.7 below Leicestershire median (2.7) close to England median (2.2)

39 applications · 19 places offered · 17 named it first

  1. 2026 2.1; Leicestershire median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.8; Leicestershire median median 2.8
  3. 2024 1.6; Leicestershire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.5; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 1.5; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.8; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 1.6; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  11. 2016 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  12. 2015 1.4; Leicestershire median median 1.7
  13. 2014 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.7
More applications per place than the Leicestershire median in 1 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 202619392.1170.89
Sep 202512342.8110.92
Sep 202429451.6250.86
Sep 202324351.5230.96
Sep 202218261.4160.89
Sep 202119331.7180.95
Sep 202030441.5290.97
Sep 201925351.4210.84
Sep 201817301.8160.94
Sep 201725401.6240.96
Sep 201627471.7291.07
Sep 201527381.4240.89
Sep 201416271.7161.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 55% · Writing 60% · Maths 60% → all three 55% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard55%151st of 211 in Leicestershire
Reading
Expected standard55%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard60%
Greater depth10%
Maths
Expected standard60%
Higher standard25%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2555%5%107107
2023/2458%10%102103
2022/2364%4%103102

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
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
139845 · 855/2187
Trust
Discovery Schools Academies Trust Ltd
Capacity
210 pupils · 189 on roll
Free school meals
32.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 July 2013
Replaced
Captains Close Primary School (URN 119988)
Address
Saxelby Road, Asfordby, Melton Mowbray, LE14 3TU
Local authority
Leicestershire · Melton

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