# Sparkenhoe Community Primary School

Sparkenhoe 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.

Primary school. Code E146857. [Leicester](https://openindex.co.uk/leicester)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 450
- Council: Leicester
- URN: 146857

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (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
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, 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

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

- [Al-Islamia Institute for Education](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-islamia-institute-for-education-e135390): 210 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Moat Community College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/moat-community-college-e120292): 260 m. Secondary. School remains Good, March 2023. Attainment 8 of 44.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Highfields Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highfields-primary-school-e146844): 350 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Avicenna School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/avicenna-school-e152162): 360 m. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file
- [Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uplands-junior-l-e-a-d-academy-e142787): 390 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): 390 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2022

## 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/146857)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/146857)

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