Oxley Primary School Shepshed

About Oxley Primary School Shepshed

Oxley Primary School Shepshed sits in a tricky spot when you compare its headline Key Stage 2 results against the Leicestershire local authority average. The LA average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined is 62%, but at Oxley that figure is just 41%. That’s a gap of 21 percentage points, and it places the school 189th out of 231 primary schools in the county, firmly in the bottom half of the local rankings. In the Charnwood borough specifically, it ranks 43rd out of 45 schools on that same metric. The school’s reading and maths average scores both sit at 103, which is in line with the national average of 100, so it’s not that pupils are struggling across the board — it’s the combined measure that drags the headline down. For context, the nearest outstanding school, Newcroft Primary Academy, is just 1.1 km away, so families in Shepshed do have a high-performing alternative close by.

Looking more closely at the 2023/24 exam results, the picture is mixed. While 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading and 64% in maths, only 56% did so in writing, and the combined figure of 41% suggests that many children are hitting the mark in two subjects but not all three. At the higher standard, 28% achieved in reading and 23% in maths, but no pupils reached the higher threshold in writing or in the combined measure. The school’s Ofsted inspection in June 2023 rated it Good across all five categories — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision — and it has held a Good rating since at least its previous inspection in 2013. So while the raw results are below the LA average, the inspection team saw a school that is effective and well-led, with good behaviour and a strong early years foundation.

Oxley is a state primary for mixed genders aged 4 to 11, with 252 pupils on roll and 21.4% eligible for free school meals. It’s noticeably oversubscribed: for 27 places in the 2025/26 intake, there were 95 applications, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.52, and all 27 first-preference applicants were offered a place. The school offers a broad set of facilities including a gymnasium, library, music rooms, sensory room, forest school and even a chapel, plus sports like netball, swimming and cricket. Its SEND provisions are extensive, covering dyslexia, moderate to severe learning difficulties, speech and language needs, autism, hearing and multi-sensory impairments, and social and emotional mental health support. For families who value a Good-rated school with strong pastoral and SEND support, and who are comfortable with below-average combined SATs results, Oxley is a popular local option — though those prioritising top academic outcomes may want to look at Newcroft just over a kilometre away.

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