Launde Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leicestershire·LE2 4LJ
Composite score
79.9
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National rank
#43
In East Midlands
#7
In Leicestershire
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
87%
% achieving higher RWM
20%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 31 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
146
any preference, for 31 places
Applications from another council area
9%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.1420221.0220230.8420240.8120250.972026

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

Every child who put Launde 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
614
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
24.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Launde Primary School

Launde Primary School is a primary school in Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 614 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 87% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). Performance is little changed year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 20% 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 Launde Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 31 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.1%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Launde Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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