Ridgeway Primary Academy
The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, LE16 7HQ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sally Applebee
- Sponsor
- Learn Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 234
- URN
- 138347
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01858465800
About this school
Ridgeway Primary Academy is a primary academy in Market Harborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 234 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- 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 | 44 | 42 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | 62% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 83% | 74% |
| Expected standard in maths | 61% | 69% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 71% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.00 | - | - |
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 Ridgeway Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 276 |
| 2023/24 | 263 |
| 2024/25 | 253 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Ridgeway Primary Academy compares
Ridgeway Primary Academy ranked 125th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire 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 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 5.3% | 12.3% | 234 | — |
| Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School | 60% | 4% | 11.6% | 137 | 0.5 miles |
| Market Harborough Church of England Academy | 75% | 3.3% | 14.1% | 392 | 0.7 miles |
| Meadowdale Primary School | 57% | 4.1% | 8.4% | 389 | 0.8 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy | 70% | 3.9% | 13.8% | 190 | 0.8 miles |
| Little Bowden School | 68% | 4.5% | 11.7% | 368 | 1.0 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)
- 12.25%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.31%
- Persistent absence
- 7.24%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Market Harborough Church of England Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Meadowdale Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy0.8 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
-
Little Bowden School1.0 miles
Primary · Market Harborough
Other schools in Market Harborough
Ridgeway Primary Academy ranks 11th of the 15 ranked primary schools in Market Harborough.
- Bringhurst Primary School Primary
- Church Langton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Clipston Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Cottingham Church of England Primary School Primary
- Farndon Fields Primary School Primary
- Foxton Primary School Primary
- Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School Primary
- Hallaton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Bowden School Primary
- Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Market Harborough Church of England Academy Primary
- Meadowdale Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Ridgeway Primary Academy teach?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Market Harborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Ridgeway Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of Ridgeway Primary Academy is Mrs Sally Applebee, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Ridgeway Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Ridgeway Primary Academy, 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 Ridgeway Primary Academy?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy has 234 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Ridgeway Primary Academy full?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy has capacity for 315 pupils and 234 on roll (74%), 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 Ridgeway Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. Ridgeway Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does Ridgeway Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Ridgeway Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Ridgeway Primary Academy?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy is part of LEARN ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Ridgeway Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% 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 Ridgeway Primary Academy rank locally?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy ranked 125th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire 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 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Ridgeway Primary Academy's absence rate?
- Ridgeway Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Ridgeway Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Ridgeway Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.