Ridgeway Primary Academy

Harborough · LE16 7HQ

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 234 pupils, 11.5% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted report card

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Ridgeway Primary Academy

General Information

Address: The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, LE16 7HQ – View on map
Phone: 01858465800
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Sally Applebee
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 20 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 20 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

234 pupils out of 315 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 27
% eligible for free school meals: 11.5%
Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Harborough average)
English as an additional language: 6% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 11.7% a year (Harborough 14.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 52% moved to another school, 48% 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

Awaiting Data

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: 5.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 7.2%
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: 12.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 11 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 6 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils

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 February 2026

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

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

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). 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: 59% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 3% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 5 percentage points below the Harborough average (64%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 57% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 57%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 74% · Writing 69% · Maths 69% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 69%
Average test scores: reading 106, maths 104
Based on: 39 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 schoolHarborough averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 5 percentage points below the Harborough average (64%).

Year 6 SATs: 22nd of 34 junior and primary schools in the area

=20Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School60%
=20Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School60%
#22Ridgeway Primary Academy59%
=23Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School57%
=23Meadowdale Primary School57%

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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

#1Tugby Church of England Primary School100%
#2Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School90%
#3Bringhurst Primary School88%
#4Church Langton Church of England Primary School82%
=5Foxton Primary School80%
=5South Kilworth Church of England Primary School80%
#7Kibworth Church of England Primary School77%
#8Market Harborough Church of England Academy75%
=9Claybrooke Primary School73%
=9Old Mill Primary School73%
=9Sherrier Church of England Primary School73%
#12Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School71%
#13St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy70%
#14Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School69%
#15Little Bowden School68%
#16Hallbrook Primary School67%
=17Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School64%
=17Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton Astley64%
=17St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth64%
=20Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School60%
=20Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School60%
#22Ridgeway Primary Academy59%
=23Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School57%
=23Meadowdale Primary School57%
=23Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary School57%
#26St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell56%
#27Hallaton Church of England Primary School53%
#28Fleckney Church of England Primary School51%
#29Dunton Bassett Primary School50%
#30Farndon Fields Primary School47%
#31John Wycliffe Primary School46%
=32Billesdon Church of England Primary School44%
=32Swinford Church of England Primary School44%
#34Fernvale Primary School39%

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £6,459 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

15th of 36 primary schools in Harborough for spending per pupil

#13Claybrooke Primary School£6,671
#14St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,619
#15Ridgeway Primary Academy£6,459
#16Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School£6,390
#17Farndon Fields Primary School£6,282

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Wellington Place Primary School£22,118
#2Arnesby Church of England Primary School£11,256
#3Hallaton Church of England Primary School£9,884
#4Tugby Church of England Primary School£8,976
#5Foxton Primary School£8,409
#6Dunton Bassett Primary School£7,879
#7Lubenham All Saints Church of England Primary School£7,747
#8Billesdon Church of England Primary School£7,621
#9Swinford Church of England Primary School£7,135
#10South Kilworth Church of England Primary School£7,015
#11Bringhurst Primary School£6,761
#12Hallbrook Primary School£6,728
#13Claybrooke Primary School£6,671
#14St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy£6,619
#15Ridgeway Primary Academy£6,459
#16Great Glen St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School£6,390
#17Farndon Fields Primary School£6,282
#18Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton Astley£6,274
#19Husbands Bosworth Church of England Primary School£6,265
#20St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bitteswell£6,236
#21Ullesthorpe Church of England Primary School£6,138
#22Little Bowden School£6,019
#23Fleckney Church of England Primary School£5,990
#24Kibworth Church of England Primary School£5,981
#25Church Langton Church of England Primary School£5,945
#26Old Mill Primary School£5,820
#27Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School£5,775
#28Fernvale Primary School£5,682
#29Sherrier Church of England Primary School£5,533
#30John Wycliffe Primary School£5,515
#31Market Harborough Church of England Academy£5,470
#32St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North Kilworth£5,400
#33Houghton-on-the-Hill Church of England Primary School£5,375
#34Meadowdale Primary School£5,264
#35Thurnby, St Luke's Church of England Primary School£4,968
#36Gilmorton Chandler Church of England Primary School£4,879

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