Burbage Church of England Infant School

Voluntary controlled school·Infant school Hinckley, Leicestershire·LE10 2AE

School type

Infant school

Ages 5–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Burbage Church of England Infant School is an infant school for pupils aged 5–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

94%

93 first choices, 89 places

First choices per place

1.04

more first choices than places

Applications naming the school

200

any preference, for 89 places

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.06

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Leicestershire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Burbage Church of England Infant School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range: 5–7
Pupils on roll: 240
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

7.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

0.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

10.4%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

1.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.1%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

21.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,264

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Burbage Junior School Hinckley · 0.1 mi 63.6 Sketchley Hill Primary School Burbage Hinckley · 0.6 mi 57.3 Saint Peter's Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary Academy Hinckley · 1.1 mi 75.3 St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Hinckley Hinckley · 1.2 mi 41.1 Hinckley Parks Primary School Hinckley · 1.4 mi 56.3 Westfield Junior School Hinckley · 1.4 mi 46.5 Richmond Primary School Hinckley · 2.1 mi 42.1 Battling Brook Primary School Hinckley · 2.2 mi 26.6

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Burbage Church of England Infant School is a primary school serving Hinckley, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 240 pupils aged 5 to 7 on roll.

Burbage Church of England Infant School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 93 first choices for 89 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 21.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Burbage Church of England Infant 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.