Folville Junior School
Folville Rise, Leicester, LE3 1EE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Claire Cooke
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 360
- Pupils on roll
- 355
- URN
- 120034
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162824368
About this school
Folville Junior School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 355 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's most recent visit was a short inspection on 4 December 2024, where inspectors found that standards have been maintained. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 90 | 83 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 63% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 8% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 89% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 73% | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 77% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 107.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.70 | - | - |
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 Folville Junior 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 | 56% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 360 |
| 2023/24 | 351 |
| 2024/25 | 365 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Folville Junior School compares
Folville Junior School ranked 20th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.7% | 37.5% | 355 | — |
| Caldecote Community Primary School | 82% | 6.9% | 44.1% | 600 | 0.3 miles |
| Imperial Avenue Infant School | — | 5.8% | 24.9% | 300 | 0.4 miles |
| St Mary's Fields Academy | 62% | 5.2% | 22% | 433 | 0.5 miles |
| Ravenhurst Primary School | 58% | 4.8% | 16.9% | 358 | 0.7 miles |
| Queensmead Primary Academy | 87% | 4.9% | 37.6% | 370 | 0.8 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)
- 37.53%
- English as an additional language
- 41.9%
- Overall absence
- 5.66%
- Persistent absence
- 16.03%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Caldecote Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Imperial Avenue Infant School0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
St Mary's Fields Academy0.5 miles
Primary
-
Ravenhurst Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Queensmead Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Folville Junior School ranks 50th 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 Folville Junior School teach?
- Folville Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Folville Junior School?
- The headteacher of Folville Junior School is Headteacher Claire Cooke, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Folville Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Folville Junior 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 Folville Junior School?
- Folville Junior School has 355 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Folville Junior School full?
- Folville Junior School has capacity for 360 pupils and 355 on roll (99%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Folville Junior School a faith school?
- No. Folville Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Folville Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Folville Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Folville Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 56% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Folville Junior School rank locally?
- Folville Junior School ranked 20th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 45% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Folville Junior School's absence rate?
- Folville Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Folville Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Folville Junior 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.