Desford Community Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Leicestershire·LE9 9JH
Composite score
50.8
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#6,979
National rank
#557
In East Midlands
#88
In Leicestershire
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
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%
43 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
105
any preference, for 45 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Desford Community 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
382
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
12.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
2.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
6.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,924
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Desford Community Primary School

Desford Community Primary School is a primary school in Leicestershire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 382 pupils aged 5 to 11 attend the school. 71% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 23.0 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 107 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% 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 Desford Community Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 45 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.5%. There are about 24.2 pupils per teacher. Desford Community 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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