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Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

3–11Ages
450Pupils
PrimaryPhase
146857URN

Saxby Street, Leicester, LE2 0TD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Feb 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.9per place

0.2 above Leicester median (1.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Leicester

108 applications for 58 places · 20th of 72 in Leicester

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 7 February 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes	Outstanding
Personal development	Outstanding
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		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

1.9applications per place, Reception

0.2 above Leicester median (1.6) 0.3 below England median (2.2)

108 applications · 58 places offered · 58 named it first

2026 1.9; Leicester median median 1.6
2025 1.9; Leicester median median 1.7
2024 2.1; Leicester median median 1.7
2023 1.8; Leicester median median 1.6
2022 1.8; Leicester median median 1.6
2021 1.9; Leicester median median 1.7
2020 2.2; Leicester median median 1.7
2019 2.0; Leicester median median 1.5; as the previous school
2018 2.1; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2017 2.1; Leicester median median 1.6; as the previous school
2016 2.7; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2015 2.1; Leicester median median 1.9; as the previous school
2014 2.0; Leicester median median 1.7; as the previous school

More applications per place than the Leicester median in 7 of 7 years.

This school
Leicester median

Dashed bars: as Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (URN 120094), 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	58	108	1.9	58	1.00
Sep 2025	60	112	1.9	71	1.18
Sep 2024	60	124	2.1	78	1.30
Sep 2023	60	106	1.8	64	1.07
Sep 2022	60	108	1.8	69	1.15
Sep 2021	60	115	1.9	66	1.10
Sep 2020	60	130	2.2	70	1.17
Sep 2019 *	60	119	2.0	86	1.43
Sep 2018 *	60	124	2.1	74	1.23
Sep 2017 *	60	126	2.1	71	1.18
Sep 2016 *	60	162	2.7	78	1.30
Sep 2015 *	60	125	2.1	67	1.12
Sep 2014 *	60	120	2.0	56	0.93

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 73% · Maths 84% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%19th of 71 in Leicester

Leicester 62% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Leicester 74% England 78%

Higher standard29%

Leicester 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard73%

Leicester 71% England 75%

Greater depth9%

Leicester 7% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard84%

Leicester 76% England 77%

Higher standard29%

Leicester 28% England 24%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Leicester median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	7%	106	106
2023/24	75%	9%	106	106
2022/23	67%	4%	107	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

Sparkenhoe Community Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Good2023

1.9applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
Highfields Primary School
0.3 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 65%met the SATs standard
Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy
0.4 km · Leicester

Standards maintained2025

72%met the SATs standard
Uplands Infant School
0.4 km · Leicester

Good2022

1.6applications per place
Medway Community Primary School
0.4 km · Leicester

Remains Good2022

1.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Beauchamp City Sixth Form
0.6 km · Leicester

Not yet inspected
Charnwood Primary School
0.9 km · Leicester

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.8applications per place 67%met the SATs standard
Shenton Primary School
1.1 km · Leicester

Remains Good2020

1.7applications per place 61%met the SATs standard
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy
1.1 km · Leicester

2026

1.4applications per place 66%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: 146857 · 856/2370
Trust: Attenborough Learning Trust
Capacity: 480 pupils · 450 on roll
Free school meals: 24.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Opened: 1 April 2019
Replaced: Sparkenhoe Community Primary School (URN 120094)
Address: Saxby Street, Leicester, LE2 0TD
Local authority: Leicester

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