Hazel Community Primary School
Hazel Street, Leicester, LE2 7JN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Daniel Hansen
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- URN
- 120071
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162338411
About this school
Hazel Community Primary School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 410 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Hazel Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong 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 | 48 | 49 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 67% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 78% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 75% | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 78% | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Hazel 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 | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 73% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 409 |
| 2023/24 | 410 |
| 2024/25 | 425 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Hazel Community Primary School compares
Hazel Community Primary School ranked 29th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.8% | 27.3% | 410 | — |
| Shaftesbury Junior School | 58% | 4.1% | 37.3% | 239 | 0.7 miles |
| King Richard III Infant and Nursery School | — | 5.5% | 29.1% | 269 | 0.8 miles |
| St Mary's Fields Academy | 62% | 5.2% | 22% | 433 | 0.8 miles |
| Knighton Mead Primary Academy | 63% | 6.2% | 43.5% | 233 | 0.8 miles |
| Sparkenhoe Community Primary School | 68% | 7% | 25.4% | 450 | 0.9 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
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 26 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 27.29%
- English as an additional language
- 83.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.75%
- Persistent absence
- 11.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Shaftesbury Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
King Richard III Infant and Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
St Mary's Fields Academy0.8 miles
Primary
-
Knighton Mead Primary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Hazel Community Primary School ranks 62nd 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 ages does Hazel Community Primary School teach?
- Hazel Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Hazel Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Hazel Community Primary School is Mr Daniel Hansen, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Hazel Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Hazel Community 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 many pupils are at Hazel Community Primary School?
- Hazel Community Primary School has 410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Hazel Community Primary School full?
- Hazel Community Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 410 on roll (98%), 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 Hazel Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Hazel Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Hazel Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Hazel Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Hazel Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Hazel Community Primary School compare with other schools in Leicester?
- Hazel Community Primary School ranked 29th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Hazel Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Hazel Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Hazel Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Hazel 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 30 June 2026.