Sherrier Church of England Primary School
General Information
- Address: Bitteswell Road, Lutterworth, LE17 4EX – View on map
- Phone: 01455552791
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Miss Lyndsey Beckett
- Age range: 4-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 46 families put it first for 46 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 46 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Church of England
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 43
- % eligible for free school meals: 10.4%
- Pupil mix: 3 in 10 (similar to the Harborough average)
- English as an additional language: 8% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 12.2% a year (Harborough 14.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 36% moved to another school, 64% 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
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: 3.8%
- Persistently absent pupils: 5.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 14.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 24 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 10 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 7 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 15% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 9 percentage points above the Harborough average (64%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 64% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 64%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 85% · Maths 88% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 85%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 60 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
Year 6 SATs: joint 9th of 34 junior and primary schools in the area
- =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%
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18th of 25 primary schools in Harborough for Ofsted rating
- #16Meadowdale Primary SchoolGood
- #17Orchard Church of England Primary School, Broughton AstleyGood
- #18Sherrier Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #19South Kilworth Church of England Primary SchoolGood
- #20St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, North KilworthGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,533 (2024-25)
29th of 36 primary schools in Harborough for spending per pupil
- #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
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