Farndon Fields Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Market Harborough, Leicestershire·LE16 9JH
Composite score
30.6
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#13,271
National rank
#1245
In East Midlands
#192
In Leicestershire
Top 90%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
47%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
43 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
111
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9720230.9820240.9820250.982026

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

Every child who put Farndon Fields 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
376
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.8%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,282
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Farndon Fields Primary School at a glance

Located in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, Farndon Fields Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 376 pupils aged 2 to 11. 47% 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 8.0 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 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Farndon Fields Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 44 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 21.2 pupils per teacher. Farndon Fields 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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