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Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

  • 4–11Ages
  • 86Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145084URN

Off Main Street, Blackfordby, Swadlincote, DE11 8AB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.3per place
0.5 above Leicestershire median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicestershire

46 applications for 14 places
Every year since 2014
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
40%met the expected standard
Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 21 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 21 April 2026
    Report card · 4 Expected standard, 3 Needs attention
  2. 25 January 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

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
3.3applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Leicestershire median (2.7) 1.1 above England median (2.2)

46 applications · 14 places offered · 12 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.3; Leicestershire median median 2.7
  2. 2025 2.7; Leicestershire median median 2.8
  3. 2024 2.6; Leicestershire median median 2.4
  4. 2023 2.5; Leicestershire median median 2.3
  5. 2022 3.4; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  6. 2021 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  7. 2020 2.6; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  8. 2019 1.9; Leicestershire median median 1.9
  9. 2018 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8
  10. 2017 2.5; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Leicestershire median median 1.7; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median

Dashed bars: as Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England (Aided) Primary School (URN 120117), the previous school.

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 202614463.3120.86
Sep 202514382.7120.86
Sep 202415392.6151.00
Sep 202315382.5181.20
Sep 20227243.471.00
Sep 202114241.7141.00
Sep 202011282.6111.00
Sep 201914271.9141.00
Sep 20189182.0111.22
Sep 2017 *11272.5111.00
Sep 2016 *15302.0161.07
Sep 2015 *14241.7130.93
Sep 2014 *14282.0161.14

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 73% · Writing 60% · Maths 40% → all three 40% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard40%198th of 211 in Leicestershire
Reading
Expected standard73%
Higher standard13%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard60%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard40%
Higher standard7%
Average scaled score 98 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Leicestershire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2540%0%10498
2023/2460%10%107107
2022/2344%19%106100

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 sponsor led
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145084 · 855/2033
Trust
Rise Multi Academy Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
105 pupils · 86 on roll
Free school meals
15.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2017
Replaced
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England (Aided) Primary School (URN 120117)
Address
Off Main Street, Blackfordby, Swadlincote, DE11 8AB
Local authority
Leicestershire · North West Leicestershire

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