Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
Saxby Street, Leicester, LE2 0TD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Rhian Jones
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Attenborough Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Leicester South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 450
- URN
- 146857
- Local authority
- Leicester
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01162512686
About this school
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is a primary academy in Leicester. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 450 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. 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 | 57 | 55 | 56 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 75% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 9% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 89% | 79% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 85% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 91% | 91% | 82% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.90 | - | - |
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 Sparkenhoe 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 | Leicester average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 54.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 57.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 56.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 467 |
| 2023/24 | 470 |
| 2024/25 | 467 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Sparkenhoe Community Primary School compares
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School ranked 19th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% 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 | 68% | 7% | 25.4% | 450 | — |
| Highfields Primary School | 65% | 5.6% | 24.2% | 352 | 0.2 miles |
| Uplands Infant School | — | 6.4% | 13.4% | 436 | 0.2 miles |
| Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy | 72% | 3.7% | 32.3% | 447 | 0.2 miles |
| Medway Community Primary School | 64% | 8.2% | 31.5% | 466 | 0.3 miles |
| Charnwood Primary School | 67% | 6.9% | 15% | 400 | 0.5 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)
- 25.42%
- English as an additional language
- 91%
- Overall absence
- 7.04%
- Persistent absence
- 22.94%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Highfields Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Uplands Infant School0.2 miles
Primary · Leicester
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Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy0.2 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Medway Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Leicester
-
Charnwood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Leicester
Other schools in Leicester
Sparkenhoe Community Primary School ranks 49th 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 year groups does Sparkenhoe Community Primary School teach?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Leicester.
- Who is the headteacher of Sparkenhoe Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is Miss Rhian Jones, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Sparkenhoe Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Sparkenhoe 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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School has 450 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Sparkenhoe Community Primary School full?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 450 on roll (94%), 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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Sparkenhoe Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Sparkenhoe Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Sparkenhoe Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Sparkenhoe Community Primary School?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School is part of ATTENBOROUGH LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Sparkenhoe Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Sparkenhoe Community Primary School rank locally?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School ranked 19th of 72 primary schools in Leicester for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% 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 Sparkenhoe Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Sparkenhoe Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Sparkenhoe 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 10 July 2026.