Charnwood Primary School
Nedham Street, Leicester, LE2 0HE
This school is closed (it closed in March 2023).
It was replaced by Charnwood Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms N Jassat
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 438
- URN
- 120072
- Local authority
- Leicester
About this school
Charnwood Primary School was a community primary school in Leicester. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 438 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Charnwood Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 58 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 |
| Writing progress | +1.80 |
| Maths progress | +1.00 |
How Charnwood Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 33% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7% | 15.3% | 438 | — |
| Charnwood Primary School | 67% | 6.9% | 15% | 400 | 0.0 miles |
| Shenton Primary School | 61% | 5.2% | 21.2% | 360 | 0.2 miles |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy | 66% | 6.4% | 24.7% | 310 | 0.3 miles |
| Bridge Junior School | 43% | 4.5% | 15.6% | 295 | 0.3 miles |
| Highfields Primary School | 65% | 5.6% | 24.2% | 352 | 0.4 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 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 15.3%
- English as an additional language
- 72.4%
- Overall absence
- 7%
- Persistent absence
- 20.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Charnwood Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Shenton Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Bridge Junior School0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Highfields Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other 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 Charnwood Primary School teach?
- Charnwood Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Leicester.
- Has Charnwood Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Charnwood 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 big is Charnwood Primary School?
- Charnwood Primary School had 438 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- What are Charnwood Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Charnwood 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 12 September 2023.