Measham Church of England Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Swadlincote, Leicestershire·DE12 7LG
Composite score
51.4
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National rank
#528
In East Midlands
#85
In Leicestershire
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 11 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
29
any preference, for 11 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0720221.0720230.9620241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Measham 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
199
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
8.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,935
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Measham Church of England Primary School

Measham Church of England Primary School is a primary school in Swadlincote, Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 199 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 54% 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 risen by 18.0 percentage points year on 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 104 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% 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 Measham Church of England Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 11 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 21.6 pupils per teacher. Measham 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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