Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School

Community school·Primary school Leicester·LE4 0FQ
Composite score
38.1
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#11,532
National rank
#1046
In East Midlands
#53
In Leicester
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
55%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
101 first choices, 106 places
First choices per place
0.95
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
134
any preference, for 106 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9720230.9920240.9820250.952026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
908
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
51.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,990
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School

Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 908 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 55% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 106 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.7%. There are about 22.9 pupils per teacher. Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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