Hallaton Church of England Primary School

About Hallaton Church of England Primary School

Hallaton Church of England Primary School sits in a tricky spot when you compare its headline metrics against the Leicestershire local authority average for primary schools. The LA average for Key Stage 2 attainment sits at 62, but Hallaton’s most recent Ofsted inspection in 2023 rated the school as Requires Improvement overall, a clear step back from the Good rating it held in its previous inspection back in 2012. That drop matters because the school is now below the typical standard for the area, and the breakdown shows weaknesses across the board: quality of education, personal development, behaviour and attitudes, and leadership and management all scored Requires Improvement. Only early years provision held onto a Good rating. For a small village school with just 65 pupils on roll, this is a significant shift from where it was, and it means parents considering Hallaton need to weigh the current Ofsted judgement heavily against the school’s past reputation.

Academically, the picture is mixed. Hallaton has no published Progress 8 or KS2 SATs results in the data, so it’s hard to pin down exactly how its pupils perform against the LA average of 62. What we do know is that the school is heavily oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 21 applications for just 6 places, with only 4 first-preference offers made. That oversubscription ratio of 3.5 suggests strong local demand despite the Requires Improvement rating, possibly because of its Church of England character or its small-class feel. The school’s capacity is 126, but it currently has only 65 pupils, meaning there’s plenty of room to grow. The percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals is 13.8, which is broadly in line with national averages for a primary school of this size. Without exam data, parents will need to rely on the Ofsted report and the school’s own published outcomes to judge academic standards.

On the practical side, Hallaton offers a decent range of facilities for a small primary: a library, sports hall, ICT suite, playing fields, outdoor playground, forest school, music rooms, and a chapel. Sports include rounders, netball, football, dance, cross country, and tennis, and clubs cover coding, chess, choir, eco club, film club, and gardening. SEND provision is well-documented, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication issues, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is a Church of England state primary, mixed, for ages 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form. It’s oversubscribed, so early application is essential. This school will suit families who value a small, faith-based village setting with strong outdoor and creative enrichment, but who are prepared to engage closely with the school’s improvement journey given the current Ofsted rating.

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