Sparkenhoe Community Primary School
Primary schoolSparkenhoe Community Primary School is a primary school in Leicester, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 450 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), February 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 7 February 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 68% of pupils at Sparkenhoe Community Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 60% in Leicester and 62% in England.
7% 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 | 68% | 60% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 5% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 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
In a straight line- Al-Islamia Institute for EducationIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file210 m
- Moat Community CollegeSecondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional)260 m
- Highfields Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
- Avicenna SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file360 m
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 72% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)390 m
- Uplands Infant SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022390 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Leicester
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).