Wolsey House Primary School
Beaumont Leys Lane, Leicester, LE4 2BB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Steven Powell
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leicester West
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 682
- Pupils on roll
- 576
- URN
- 120039
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162667566
About this school
Wolsey House Primary School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 576 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 86 | 86 | 91 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 65% | 51% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 66% | 81% | 80% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 77% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 87% | 78% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.60 | - | - |
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 Wolsey House 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 | 53% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 65% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 51% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 638 |
| 2023/24 | 623 |
| 2024/25 | 607 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Wolsey House Primary School compares
Wolsey House Primary School ranked 58th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51% | 6.8% | 36.4% | 576 | — |
| Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School | 45% | 5.3% | 42.9% | 172 | 0.4 miles |
| Woodstock Primary Academy | 52% | 7.5% | 46.3% | 328 | 0.4 miles |
| Abbey Mead Primary Academy | 70% | 4.1% | 13.1% | 718 | 0.7 miles |
| Mowmacre Hill Primary School | 53% | 5.8% | 53.3% | 348 | 0.8 miles |
| Barley Croft Primary School | 49% | 5.3% | 43.4% | 324 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.41%
- English as an additional language
- 53.5%
- Overall absence
- 6.77%
- Persistent absence
- 21.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Woodstock Primary Academy0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Abbey Mead Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Mowmacre Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Barley Croft Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Wolsey House Primary School ranks 114th 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 Wolsey House Primary School teach?
- Wolsey House Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Wolsey House Primary School?
- The headteacher of Wolsey House Primary School is Mr Steven Powell, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Wolsey House Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Wolsey House 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 Wolsey House Primary School?
- Wolsey House Primary School has 576 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Wolsey House Primary School full?
- Wolsey House Primary School has capacity for 682 pupils and 576 on roll (84%), 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 Wolsey House Primary School a faith school?
- No. Wolsey House Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Wolsey House Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Wolsey House Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Wolsey House Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 51% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Wolsey House Primary School rank locally?
- Wolsey House Primary School ranked 58th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 24% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Wolsey House Primary School's absence rate?
- Wolsey House Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Wolsey House Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Wolsey House 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 15 July 2026.