The Latimer Primary School
Latimer Street, Anstey, Leicester, LE7 7AW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Moran
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 361
- URN
- 119903
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162362138
About this school
The Latimer Primary School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 361 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 51 | 59 | 45 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 73% | 69% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 3% | 13% |
| Expected standard in reading | 78% | 83% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 85% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 83% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Latimer Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 63% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 73% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 375 |
| 2023/24 | 362 |
| 2024/25 | 350 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Latimer Primary School compares
The Latimer Primary School ranked 77th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 69% | 4.7% | 24% | 361 | — |
| Woolden Hill Primary School | 55% | 4.8% | 13.5% | 228 | 0.6 miles |
| Heatherbrook Primary Academy | 56% | 6.8% | 36.4% | 150 | 0.6 miles |
| Buswells Lodge Primary School | — | 7% | 44.5% | 353 | 1.1 miles |
| Beaumont Lodge Primary School | 79% | 4% | 27% | 221 | 1.1 miles |
| The Hall School | — | — | — | 490 | 1.4 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24%
- English as an additional language
- 6%
- Overall absence
- 4.65%
- Persistent absence
- 9.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Woolden Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Heatherbrook Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Buswells Lodge Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Beaumont Lodge Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
The Hall School1.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
The Latimer Primary School ranks 46th of the 139 ranked primary schools in Leicester.
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy Primary
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School Primary
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Sapcote Primary
- Arnesby Church of England Primary School Primary
- Avenue Primary School Primary
- Badgerbrook Primary School Primary
- Barley Croft Primary School Primary
- Barwell Church of England Academy Primary
- Barwell Infant School Primary
- Beaumont Lodge Primary School Primary
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School Primary
- Billesdon Church of England Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Latimer Primary School teach?
- The Latimer Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the executive headteacher of The Latimer Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of The Latimer Primary School is Mrs Claire Moran, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Latimer Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Latimer Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is The Latimer Primary School?
- The Latimer Primary School has 361 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Latimer Primary School full?
- The Latimer Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 361 on roll (86%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Latimer Primary School a faith school?
- No. The Latimer Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Latimer Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Latimer Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have The Latimer Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 69% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Latimer Primary School rank locally?
- The Latimer Primary School ranked 77th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 63% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Latimer Primary School's absence rate?
- The Latimer Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Latimer Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Latimer Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.