Moira Primary School
Blackfordby Lane, Moira, Swadlincote, DE12 6EX
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vicky Santy
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 184
- URN
- 119906
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01283217450
About this school
Moira Primary School is a community primary school in Swadlincote. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 184 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 29 | 24 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 45% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 88% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 52% | 67% | 77% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 48% | 88% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -5.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -6.20 | - | - |
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 Moira 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 | 45% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 62% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 195 |
| 2023/24 | 193 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Moira Primary School compares
Moira Primary School ranked 115th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 62% | 5.1% | 33.3% | 184 | — |
| Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | 40% | 7% | 23% | 86 | 0.8 miles |
| Three Trees Infant Academy | — | 6.4% | 46.3% | 202 | 1.4 miles |
| Three Trees CofE Junior Academy | 49% | 5.9% | 52.2% | 306 | 1.4 miles |
| Ashby Hill Top Primary School | 64% | 4.4% | 11.5% | 308 | 1.4 miles |
| Ashby Hastings Primary School | — | 4.4% | 9.2% | 149 | 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)
- 33.33%
- English as an additional language
- 4.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.08%
- Persistent absence
- 11.59%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Three Trees Infant Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Three Trees CofE Junior Academy1.4 miles
Primary · Swadlincote
-
Ashby Hill Top Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ashby-de-la-Zouch
-
Ashby Hastings Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Ashby-De-La-Zouch
Other schools in Swadlincote
Moira Primary School ranks 6th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Swadlincote.
- Albert Village Primary School Primary
- Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Church Gresley Infant and Nursery School Primary
- Coton-in-the-Elms Cof E Primary School Primary
- Donisthorpe Primary School Primary
- Elmsleigh Infant & Nursery School Primary
- Eureka Primary School Primary
- Fairmeadows Foundation Primary School Primary
- Hartshorne CofE Primary School Primary
- Linton Primary School Primary
- Measham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Netherseal St Peter's CofE (C) Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Moira Primary School teach?
- Moira Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Swadlincote.
- Who is the headteacher of Moira Primary School?
- The headteacher of Moira Primary School is Mrs Vicky Santy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Moira Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Moira 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 Moira Primary School?
- Moira Primary School has 184 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Moira Primary School full?
- Moira Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 184 on roll (88%), 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 Moira Primary School a faith school?
- No. Moira Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Moira Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Moira Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Moira Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 45% in 2022/23 and 62% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Moira Primary School rank locally?
- Moira Primary School ranked 115th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 45% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 59% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Moira Primary School's absence rate?
- Moira Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Moira Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Moira 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.