Primary school

Shaftesbury Junior School

  • Community School
  • ages 7–11
  • Mixed
  • Leicester
  • LE3 0QE
Ofsted Good · inspected Feb 2022

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 9,983 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 67%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 42%42%2016/17: top 88%2017/18: top 89%2018/19: top 75%2022/23: top 98%2023/24: top 82%2024/25: top 67%No exams

Against East MidlandsArrows: East Midlands rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM58% · East Midlands 63%4/10 Below+7.9 pts
Higher standard, RWM0% · East Midlands 6%1/10 Well below East Midlands−6.6 pts
Reading score106 · East Midlands 1056/10 Middle+38.5 pts
Maths score107 · East Midlands 1048/10 Above+51.1 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 59% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 43% · 54 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 46% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 57% · 58 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 27% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 48% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: 58% · 53 pupils · East Midlands 63%59%27%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 59 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 54 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 0% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 2% · 58 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 4% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 4% · 56 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: 0% · 53 pupils · East Midlands 6%4%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 102 · 54 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 104 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 102 · 58 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 103 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 101 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: 106 · 53 pupils · East Midlands 105106101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 104 · 59 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 104 · 54 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 103 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 104 · 58 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 103 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 103 · 56 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: 107 · 53 pupils · East Midlands 104107103No exams

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No admissions figures or last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2022

  1. 2007Satisfactory
  2. 2010Satisfactory
  3. 2012Requires improvement
  4. 2014Good
  5. 2018Requires improvement
  6. 2022Good

4 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

4 areas graded · safeguarding effective

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026239
Free school meals (past 6 years)37.3%
First language not English68.9%
SEN support12.9%
EHC plan0.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.1%
Persistently absent pupils7.6%

Girls 49%Boys 51%

99.6% full · 240 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher22.5
Pupils per adult10.6
  • Classroom teachers 8.6
  • Leadership 2
  • Teaching assistants 11.6
  • Other support 5.3

Teachers 10.6 FTE · Whole workforce 27.5 · 37 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,169
Spend per pupil£7,310
Staff spend per pupil£5,870
Reserve per pupil£973
  • +£232,546revenue reserve
  • −£33,679in-year balance

Grants £6,971 · self-generated £198 · premises £394 per pupil