Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leicester·LE5 1LU
Composite score
47.1
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#8,372
National rank
#697
In East Midlands
#27
In Leicester
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
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%
60 first choices, 60 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
99
any preference, for 60 places
Applications from another council area
17%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820221.0720230.9820241.0020251.002026

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

Every child who put Hope Hamilton CofE 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
454
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
27.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
26.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,482
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School

Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Church of England religious character. Around 454 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 12.0 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 in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Hope Hamilton CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 60 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 26.4 pupils per teacher. Hope Hamilton CofE 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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