Launde Primary School
New Street, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 4LJ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- FLYING HIGH TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Shelley Meer
- Sponsor
- Flying High Trust
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 600
- URN
- 139751
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162712261
About this school
Launde Primary School is a primary academy in Leicestershire. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 600 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
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- 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 | 87 | 91 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 83% | 87% | 87% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 22% | 16% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 89% | 91% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 89% | 91% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108.0 | 108.0 | 110.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 109.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.10 | - | - |
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 Launde 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 83% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 87% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 87% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 629 |
| 2023/24 | 629 |
| 2024/25 | 614 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Launde Primary School compares
Launde Primary School ranked 14th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 87% | 5.5% | 12.5% | 600 | — |
| Langmoor Primary School Oadby | 70% | 4.1% | 21.1% | 197 | 0.5 miles |
| Brookside Primary School | 92% | 5% | 14.3% | 431 | 0.7 miles |
| Brocks Hill Primary School | 97% | 4.1% | 9.5% | 420 | 0.8 miles |
| Glenmere Community Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 9% | 212 | 0.9 miles |
| Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire | 80% | 3.5% | 6.3% | 206 | 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 report21 April 2026
- 8 November 2023
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.54%
- English as an additional language
- 24.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.54%
- Persistent absence
- 14.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Langmoor Primary School Oadby0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Brookside Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Brocks Hill Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Glenmere Community Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Wigston
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Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire0.9 miles
Primary · Wigston
Other schools in Leicestershire
- ASPIRE: Lifeskills Special schools
- Oakwood Community School Special schools
- The Cedars Special schools
- Wolfdale School Special schools
- Woodside Lodge Outdoor Learning Centre Special schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Launde Primary School teach?
- Launde Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicestershire.
- Who is the headteacher of Launde Primary School?
- The headteacher of Launde Primary School is Mrs Shelley Meer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Launde Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Launde 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 big is Launde Primary School?
- Launde Primary School has 600 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Launde Primary School full?
- Launde Primary School has capacity for 630 pupils and 600 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 Launde Primary School a faith school?
- No. Launde Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Launde Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Launde Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Launde Primary School?
- Launde Primary School is part of FLYING HIGH TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Launde Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 83% in 2022/23 and 87% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Launde Primary School rank locally?
- Launde Primary School ranked 14th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 95% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Launde Primary School's absence rate?
- Launde Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.5% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Launde Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Launde 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 15 July 2026.