Launde Primary School

Oadby and Wigston · LE2 4LJ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 600 pupils, 16.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Launde Primary School

General Information

Address: New Street, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 4LJ – View on map
Phone: 01162712261
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Shelley Meer
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 30 families put it first for 31 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 5 of the 31 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 8 · 2025 8 · 2026 10
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

600 pupils out of 630 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 99
% eligible for free school meals: 16.5%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (more mixed than the Oadby and Wigston average)
English as an additional language: 23% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15.3% a year (Oadby and Wigston 11.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 44% moved to another school, 56% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Leicestershire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 3 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Leicestershire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 5.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 14.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 9.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 23 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 13 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 11 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Hearing impairment: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Hearing impairment: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card April 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
Achievement Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing Expected standard
Early years Expected standard
Leadership and governance Expected standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement (2023). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Oadby and Wigston average (72%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 85% against an expected 72%)
3-year average (expected standard): 85%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 92% · Maths 92% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 91%
Average test scores: reading 110, maths 110
Based on: 90 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolOadby and Wigston averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 15 percentage points above the Oadby and Wigston average (72%).

Year 6 SATs: 3rd of 13 junior and primary schools in the area

#1Brocks Hill Primary School97%
#2Brookside Primary School92%
#3Launde Primary School87%
#4Woodland Grange Primary School83%
#5Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire80%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Brocks Hill Primary School97%
#2Brookside Primary School92%
#3Launde Primary School87%
#4Woodland Grange Primary School83%
#5Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire80%
#6Glenmere Community Primary School73%
#7The Meadow Community Primary School71%
#8Langmoor Primary School Oadby70%
#9Little Hill Primary63%
#10Water Leys Primary School56%
=11Fairfield Community Primary School52%
=11Parkland Primary School South Wigston52%
#13All Saints Church of England Primary School45%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil, and how this school compares to others nearby, will appear here once we've linked in official DfE spending data.

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

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