Mayflower Primary School
70 Ethel Road, Leicester, LE5 5NA
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head teacher
- Mr Luke Whitney
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 424
- URN
- 120018
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162737504
About this school
Mayflower Primary School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 424 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 60 | 63 | 62 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 62% | 60% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 0% | 81% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 0% | 90% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 0% | 89% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | - | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | - | - | - |
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 Mayflower 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 | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 0% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 60% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 459 |
| 2023/24 | 453 |
| 2024/25 | 445 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mayflower Primary School compares
Mayflower Primary School ranked 41st of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 60% | 5.8% | 13.8% | 424 | — |
| Evington Valley Primary School | 77% | 7% | 18.4% | 339 | 0.2 miles |
| Coleman Primary School | 59% | 7.1% | 24.9% | 450 | 0.3 miles |
| Spinney Hill Primary School | 69% | 5.6% | 19% | 687 | 0.5 miles |
| Medway Community Primary School | 64% | 8.2% | 31.5% | 466 | 0.6 miles |
| Uplands Infant School | — | 6.4% | 13.4% | 436 | 0.7 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
- 83.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.76%
- Persistent absence
- 15.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Evington Valley Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Coleman Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Spinney Hill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Medway Community Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Uplands Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Mayflower Primary School ranks 81st 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 Mayflower Primary School teach?
- Mayflower Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the head teacher of Mayflower Primary School?
- The head teacher of Mayflower Primary School is Mr Luke Whitney, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mayflower Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mayflower 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 Mayflower Primary School?
- Mayflower Primary School has 424 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mayflower Primary School full?
- Mayflower Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 424 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Mayflower Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mayflower Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mayflower Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mayflower Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mayflower Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 0% in 2022/23 and 60% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mayflower Primary School rank locally?
- Mayflower Primary School ranked 41st of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 40% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mayflower Primary School's absence rate?
- Mayflower Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mayflower Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mayflower 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.