Outwoods Edge Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Loughborough, Leicestershire·LE11 2LD
Composite score
48.5
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#7,834
National rank
#647
In East Midlands
#101
In Leicestershire
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 27/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
42 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
146
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0820220.9820231.1320240.9820250.932026

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

Every child who put Outwoods Edge 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
4–11
Pupils on roll
413
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
14.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
14.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
10.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,378
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Outwoods Edge Primary School at a glance

Located in Loughborough, Leicestershire, Outwoods Edge Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 413 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 32.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 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). Outwoods Edge Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 42 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.0 pupils per teacher. Outwoods Edge 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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