Foxton Primary School
Gallow Field Road, Foxton, Market Harborough, LE16 7QZ
This school is closed (it closed in August 2024).
It was replaced by Foxton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr George Norman
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Rural village
- Capacity
- 105
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- URN
- 119923
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
About this school
Foxton Primary School was a community primary school in Market Harborough. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 86 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Foxton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 16 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 69% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 14% |
| Expected standard in reading | 75% | 71% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 86% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 57% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | +1.30 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.30 | - |
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 Foxton 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 | 69% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 84 |
| 2023/24 | 86 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Foxton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.6% | 23.3% | 86 | — |
| Foxton Primary School | 80% | 4.8% | 20.4% | 94 | 0.0 miles |
| Wellington Place Primary School | — | — | 0% | 52 | 1.3 miles |
| Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School | 90% | 4.3% | 6% | 106 | 1.5 miles |
| Market Harborough Church of England Academy | 75% | 3.3% | 14.1% | 392 | 2.2 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 70% | 3.9% | 13.8% | 190 | 2.4 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 23.3%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 5.6%
- Persistent absence
- 16.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Foxton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Wellington Place Primary School1.3 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Market Harborough Church of England Academy2.2 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy2.4 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
Other schools in Market Harborough
- Bringhurst Primary School Primary
- Church Langton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cottingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Farndon Fields Primary School Primary
- Foxton Primary School Primary
- Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hallaton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Bowden School Primary
- Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Market Harborough Church of England Academy Primary
- Meadowdale Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Foxton Primary School teach?
- Foxton Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Market Harborough.
- Has Foxton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Foxton 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 many pupils are at Foxton Primary School?
- Foxton Primary School had 86 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Foxton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 69% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Foxton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Foxton 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 2024.