Hathern Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school·Primary school Loughborough, Leicestershire·LE12 5LJ
Composite score
58.6
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#4,363
National rank
#319
In East Midlands
#47
In Leicestershire
Top 30%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
52
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9320221.0020230.9520240.9220250.962026

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

Every child who put Hathern Church of England 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
5–11
Pupils on roll
182
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,684
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Hathern Church of England Primary School is a primary school serving Loughborough, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a voluntary controlled school with a Church of England religious character. It has 182 pupils aged 5 to 11 on roll. 74% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 1.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 30% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% 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 Hathern Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.0%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. Hathern Church of England 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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