Glenmere Community Primary School
Estoril Avenue, Wigston, LE18 3RD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- OADBY, WIGSTON AND LEICESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Conlon
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 212
- URN
- 139855
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162882228
About this school
Glenmere Community Primary School is a primary academy in Wigston. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 212 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- 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 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 74% | 77% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 6% | 10% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 81% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 90% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 74% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.10 | - | - |
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 Glenmere Community 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 | 74% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 212 |
| 2023/24 | 211 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Glenmere Community Primary School compares
Glenmere Community Primary School ranked 55th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 3.6% | 9% | 212 | — |
| Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire | 80% | 3.5% | 6.3% | 206 | 0.3 miles |
| The Meadow Community Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 22.1% | 429 | 0.4 miles |
| Langmoor Primary School Oadby | 70% | 4.1% | 21.1% | 197 | 0.5 miles |
| Brocks Hill Primary School | 97% | 4.1% | 9.5% | 420 | 0.6 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 45% | 7.3% | 35.6% | 202 | 0.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 9%
- English as an additional language
- 20.9%
- Overall absence
- 3.6%
- Persistent absence
- 5.38%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire0.3 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
The Meadow Community Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
Langmoor Primary School Oadby0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Brocks Hill Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Wigston
Other schools in Wigston
Glenmere Community Primary School ranks 2nd of the 9 ranked primary schools in Wigston.
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Hill Primary Primary
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston Primary
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Primary
- The Meadow Community Primary School Primary
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School Primary
- Water Leys Primary School Primary
- Wigston Menphys Nursery School Nursery
- South Wigston High School Secondary
- Wigston Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Glenmere Community Primary School teach?
- Glenmere Community Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wigston.
- Who is the headteacher of Glenmere Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Glenmere Community Primary School is Mrs Samantha Conlon, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Glenmere Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Glenmere Community 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 Glenmere Community Primary School?
- Glenmere Community Primary School has 212 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Glenmere Community Primary School full?
- Glenmere Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 212 on roll (101%), so it is at or above 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 Glenmere Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Glenmere Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Glenmere Community Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Glenmere Community Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Glenmere Community Primary School?
- Glenmere Community Primary School is part of OADBY, WIGSTON AND LEICESTERSHIRE SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Glenmere Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 74% in 2022/23 and 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Glenmere Community Primary School rank locally?
- Glenmere Community Primary School ranked 55th of 211 primary schools in Leicestershire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Glenmere Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Glenmere Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 3.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Glenmere Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Glenmere Community 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 1 July 2026.