Foxbridge Primary School
Welsted Road, Castle Donington, DE74 2SN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- FLYING HIGH TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Pamela Bridgwood
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Flying High Trust
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 101
- URN
- 149040
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01332415978
About this school
Foxbridge Primary School is a primary academy in Castle Donington. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 101 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
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How Foxbridge 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6 |
| 2023/24 | 41 |
| 2024/25 | 64 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Foxbridge Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 56% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.2% | 12.5% | 101 | — |
| Orchard Community Primary School | 82% | 4.3% | 10.2% | 303 | 0.7 miles |
| St Edward's Church of England Primary School | 70% | 3.7% | 16.7% | 166 | 0.8 miles |
| Hemington Primary School | 50% | 6.9% | 21.4% | 47 | 1.5 miles |
| Diseworth Church of England Primary School | 17% | 7.2% | 13.5% | 21 | 1.8 miles |
| Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School | 53% | 4.2% | 19.9% | 147 | 1.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 12.5%
- English as an additional language
- 1.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.18%
- Persistent absence
- 11.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Orchard Community Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Derby
-
St Edward's Church of England Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Hemington Primary School1.5 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Diseworth Church of England Primary School1.8 miles
Primary · Derby
-
Weston-on-Trent CofE (VA) Primary School1.9 miles
Primary · Derby
Common questions
- What year groups does Foxbridge Primary School teach?
- Foxbridge Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Castle Donington.
- Who is the headteacher of Foxbridge Primary School?
- The headteacher of Foxbridge Primary School is Mrs Pamela Bridgwood, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Foxbridge Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Foxbridge 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 Foxbridge Primary School?
- Foxbridge Primary School has 101 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Foxbridge Primary School full?
- Foxbridge Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 101 on roll (48%), 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 Foxbridge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Foxbridge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Foxbridge Primary School a selective school?
- No. Foxbridge Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Foxbridge Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Foxbridge Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Foxbridge Primary School?
- Foxbridge 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.
- What is Foxbridge Primary School's absence rate?
- Foxbridge Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.2% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Foxbridge Primary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Foxbridge Primary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.