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Ashby Willesley Primary School

North West Leicestershire, LE65 2QGPrimaryAges 4–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Good
Nov 2022
KS2 Results
73%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
1.0×
Not oversubscribed
60 1st-choice / 60 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#3148 of 13,686 nationally

About Ashby Willesley Primary School

Ashby Willesley Primary School’s Key Stage 2 results comfortably outpace the local authority average, marking it as a strong performer within Leicestershire’s primary landscape. While the LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths sits at 62%, Ashby Willesley achieves 73% — a clear eleven-point advantage. This places the school in the top 25% nationally and sixth out of 41 schools in the North West Leicestershire ranking. The school is also notably oversubscribed: for its 60 places in 2025/26, it received 159 applications, with 60 first-preference requests and 53 offers made. That level of demand suggests local families see it as a reliable choice. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2022, rated it Good across every category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — maintaining the same rating it held in its previous inspection a decade earlier.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range4 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterDoes not apply
AddressPackington Nook Lane, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, North West Leicestershire, LE65 2QG
HeadteacherChloe Dilks
Local AuthorityLeicestershire
Number of Pupils405
Free School Meals (FSM)4.2%
School Capacity405 / 420 (96% full)

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

16 Nov 2022
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Overall Effectiveness
Good
Quality of Education
Good
Behaviour & Attitudes
Good
Personal Development
Good
Leadership & Management
Good
Early Years Provision
Good

Source: Ofsted, 12 Jan 2023. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingVisionLearning DifficultyMulti-Sensory

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:45 – 15:15

Source: ashbywillesley.org.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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Ashby Willesley Primary School has been rated "Good" by Ofsted. This means the school provides a good standard of education and effectively supports all pupils to succeed.