Coleman Primary School
Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FS
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Katherine Wade
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 627
- Pupils on roll
- 450
- URN
- 120095
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162490109
About this school
Coleman Primary School is a community primary school in Leicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 450 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Coleman 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 90 | 82 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 52% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 4% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 69% | 62% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 61% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 74% | 61% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.50 | - | - |
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 Coleman 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 | 59% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 603 |
| 2023/24 | 584 |
| 2024/25 | 526 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Coleman Primary School compares
Coleman Primary School ranked 42nd of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 7.1% | 24.9% | 450 | — |
| Mayflower Primary School | 60% | 5.8% | 13.8% | 424 | 0.3 miles |
| Evington Valley Primary School | 77% | 7% | 18.4% | 339 | 0.4 miles |
| Spinney Hill Primary School | 69% | 5.6% | 19% | 687 | 0.5 miles |
| Linden Primary School | 75% | 6.7% | 15.9% | 435 | 0.6 miles |
| Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy | 76% | 5.5% | 29.6% | 437 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.9%
- English as an additional language
- 69.2%
- Overall absence
- 7.12%
- Persistent absence
- 24.14%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mayflower Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Evington Valley Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Spinney Hill Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Linden Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Coleman Primary School ranks 82nd 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 Coleman Primary School teach?
- Coleman Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Coleman Primary School?
- The headteacher of Coleman Primary School is Mrs Katherine Wade, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Coleman Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Coleman 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 Coleman Primary School?
- Coleman Primary School has 450 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Coleman Primary School full?
- Coleman Primary School has capacity for 627 pupils and 450 on roll (72%), 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 Coleman Primary School a faith school?
- No. Coleman Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Coleman Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Coleman Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Coleman Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Coleman Primary School compare with other schools in Leicester?
- Coleman Primary School ranked 42nd of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Coleman Primary School's absence rate?
- Coleman Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Coleman Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Coleman 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.