# Highfields Primary School

Highfields Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 352 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E146844. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 352
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 146844

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 5 November 2024
- Overall effectiveness: No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Highfields Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
4% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Leicester | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 4% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uplands-junior-l-e-a-d-academy-e142787): 110 m. Primary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Uplands Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uplands-infant-school-e146853): 110 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022
- [Al-Islamia Institute for Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-islamia-institute-for-education-e135390): 200 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Moat Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moat-community-college-e120292): 300 m. Secondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Sparkenhoe Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/sparkenhoe-community-primary-school-e146857): 350 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Medway Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/medway-community-primary-school-e120108): 490 m. Primary. School remains Good, October 2022. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/146844)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146844)

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