# Water Leys Primary School

Water Leys Primary School is a primary school in Oadby and Wigston, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 402 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E120079. [Oadby and Wigston](https://openindex.co.uk/oadby-and-wigston)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 402
- Council: Oadby and Wigston
- URN: 120079

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good, April 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good, 17 April 2024
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, 56% of pupils at Water Leys Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Leicestershire and 62% in England.
3% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

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

| Measure | This school | Leicestershire | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 56% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 3% | 6% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 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.

- [The Goldhill Learning Foundation](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-goldhill-learning-foundation-e150812): 690 m. Special. No outcome in Ofsted's file
- [Fairfield Community Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/fairfield-community-primary-school-e137933): 930 m. Primary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Overdale Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/overdale-infant-school-e145617): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- [Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/holy-cross-catholic-school-a-voluntary-academy-e146224): 1.1 km. Primary. Good (overall), March 2023. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [All Saints Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/all-saints-church-of-england-primary-school-e145973): 1.2 km. Primary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Overdale Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/overdale-junior-school-e145618): 1.2 km. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022. 62% 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/120079)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/120079)

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