Cobden Primary School & Community Centre
Cobden Street, Loughborough, LE11 1AF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Headteacher
- Mrs Kate Litchfield
- Sponsor
- Bradgate Education Partnership
- Constituency
- Loughborough
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 400
- URN
- 139366
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01509263485
About this school
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre is a primary academy in Loughborough. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 400 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Cobden Primary School & Community Centre, 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
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 45 | 59 | 51 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 46% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 53% | 64% | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 49% | 61% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 58% | 58% | 49% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -4.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -4.00 | - | - |
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 Cobden Primary School & Community Centre 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 | 36% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 45% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 374 |
| 2023/24 | 383 |
| 2024/25 | 375 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cobden Primary School & Community Centre compares
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre ranked 190th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 45% | 7.5% | 42.1% | 400 | — |
| Rendell Primary School | 79% | 6.2% | 23.5% | 436 | 0.4 miles |
| Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough | 58% | 3.4% | 19.5% | 207 | 0.6 miles |
| Loughborough Church of England Primary School | 75% | 6.5% | 23.2% | 150 | 0.7 miles |
| Lift Beacon | 81% | 6% | 47.7% | 379 | 0.8 miles |
| Mountfields Lodge School | 45% | 4.2% | 10.9% | 468 | 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.13%
- English as an additional language
- 57.6%
- Overall absence
- 7.53%
- Persistent absence
- 21.98%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rendell Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Saint Mary's Catholic Primary School, Loughborough0.6 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Loughborough Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Lift Beacon0.8 miles
Primary · Loughborough
-
Mountfields Lodge School0.9 miles
Primary · Loughborough
Other schools in Loughborough
Cobden Primary School & Community Centre ranks 31st of the 34 ranked primary schools in Loughborough.
- Barrow Hall Orchard Church of England Primary School Primary
- Belton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Booth Wood Academy Primary
- Brookside Primary School Primary
- Burton-on-the-Wolds Primary School Primary
- Christ Church & Saint Peter's Cofe Primary School Primary
- Costock CofE Primary School Primary
- Hathern Church of England Primary School Primary
- Highgate Primary School Primary
- Holywell Primary School Primary
- Lantern Lane Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Lift Beacon Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Cobden Primary School & Community Centre teach?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Loughborough.
- Who is the headteacher of Cobden Primary School & Community Centre?
- The headteacher of Cobden Primary School & Community Centre is Mrs Kate Litchfield, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Cobden Primary School & Community Centre been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cobden Primary School & Community Centre, 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 Cobden Primary School & Community Centre?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre has 400 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Cobden Primary School & Community Centre full?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre has capacity for 420 pupils and 400 on roll (95%), 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 Cobden Primary School & Community Centre a faith school?
- No. Cobden Primary School & Community Centre has no designated religious character.
- Does Cobden Primary School & Community Centre have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Cobden Primary School & Community Centre as having no nursery classes.
- Is Cobden Primary School & Community Centre part of an academy trust?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre is part of BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Cobden Primary School & Community Centre's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 45% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cobden Primary School & Community Centre compare with other schools in Leicestershire?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre ranked 190th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 16% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cobden Primary School & Community Centre's absence rate?
- Cobden Primary School & Community Centre's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cobden Primary School & Community Centre's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cobden Primary School & Community Centre'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.