Hugglescote Community Primary School
Ashburton Road, Hugglescote, Coalville, LE67 2HA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Hugglescote Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Driver
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 535
- Pupils on roll
- 500
- URN
- 119915
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
About this school
Hugglescote Community Primary School was a community primary school in Coalville. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 500 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Hugglescote Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 66 | 62 | 63 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 60% | 70% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 61% | 76% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 67% | 77% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 71% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.20 | - | - |
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 Hugglescote Community 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 | 50% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 70% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 462 |
| 2023/24 | 492 |
| 2024/25 | 500 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hugglescote Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 66% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 71% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 70% | 4.6% | 13.8% | 500 | — |
| Hugglescote Community Primary School | — | — | — | 533 | 0.0 miles |
| Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire | 59% | 5.8% | 20.8% | 193 | 0.7 miles |
| Belvoirdale Community Primary School | 48% | 6% | 34.5% | 337 | 0.7 miles |
| Ellistown Community Primary School | 70% | 4.7% | 14.8% | 206 | 1.0 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville | 77% | 5.9% | 34.2% | 264 | 1.2 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)
- 13.8%
- English as an additional language
- 7.6%
- Overall absence
- 4.56%
- Persistent absence
- 9.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hugglescote Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Coalville
-
Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire0.7 miles
Primary · Coalville
-
Belvoirdale Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Coalville
-
Ellistown Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Coalville
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville1.2 miles
Primary · Coalville
Other schools in Coalville
- All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville Primary
- Belvoirdale Community Primary School Primary
- Broom Leys School Primary
- Ellistown Community Primary School Primary
- Greenstone Primary School Primary
- Griffydam Primary School Primary
- Heather Primary School Primary
- Holy Cross School A Catholic Voluntary Academy Primary
- Hugglescote Community Primary School Primary
- New Swannington Primary School Primary
- Newbold Church of England Primary School Primary
- Newton Burgoland Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Hugglescote Community Primary School teach?
- Hugglescote Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Coalville.
- Has Hugglescote Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Hugglescote Community Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Hugglescote Community Primary School?
- Hugglescote Community Primary School had 500 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Hugglescote Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 70% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Hugglescote Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hugglescote Community 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 31 August 2025.