Primary school

Buckminster Primary School

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Leicestershire
  • NG33 5RZ
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Oct 2023

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Results · 2024/25

England rank: Not ranked for 2024/25: no published figure for this school

Against East Midlands

Expected standard, RWMNot enough data · East Midlands 63%Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
Higher standard, RWMNot enough data · East Midlands 6%Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
Reading scoreNot enough data · East Midlands 105Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
Maths scoreNot enough data · East Midlands 104Suppressed in 2024/25 (too few pupils to publish)
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22Withheld 2024/25

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 67% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 53%2016/17: 60% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 61%2017/18: 79% · 19 pupils · East Midlands 64%2018/19: 65% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 65%2022/23: 47% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 59%2023/24: 43% · 7 pupils · East Midlands 61%2024/25: withheld (5 pupils)79%43%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 22% · 9 pupils · East Midlands 3%2016/17: 0% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 7%2017/18: 11% · 19 pupils · East Midlands 8%2018/19: 24% · 17 pupils · East Midlands 9%2022/23: 0% · 15 pupils · East Midlands 6%2023/24: 14% · 7 pupils · East Midlands 6%2024/25: withheld (5 pupils)24%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 107 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 1022016/17: 110 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 109 · 19 pupils · East Midlands 1052018/19: 106 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 1042022/23: 101 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1052023/24: 104 · 7 pupils · East Midlands 1052024/25: withheld (5 pupils)110101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 103 · 9 pupils · East Midlands 1032016/17: 110 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1042017/18: 107 · 19 pupils · East Midlands 1042018/19: 103 · 17 pupils · East Midlands 1052022/23: 100 · 15 pupils · East Midlands 1042023/24: 104 · 7 pupils · East Midlands 1042024/25: withheld (5 pupils)110100No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
6 of 6 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st66
2nd00
3rd30

Last distance offered: London only

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Inadequateas predecessor
  4. 2014Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2023Inadequateas predecessor
  7. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

1 strong areas

  • Behaviour and attitudes

4 weak areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 202641
Free school meals (past 6 years)15.2%
First language not English0.0%
SEN support21.7%
EHC plan6.5%
Absence (sessions missed)4.2%
Persistently absent pupils11.9%

Girls 41.3%Boys 58.7%

39% full · 105 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher7.9
Pupils per adult4.6
  • Classroom teachers 4.2
  • Leadership 1
  • Teaching assistants 2.8
  • Other support 2.3

Teachers 5.2 FTE · Whole workforce 10.3 · 15 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 10 months.

  • −£52,000revenue reserve
  • −£53,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: MOWBRAY EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED (8 academies) · trust reserve £2,711,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it