Ravenhurst Primary School

About Ravenhurst Primary School

Ravenhurst Primary School’s Key Stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show 57% of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is five percentage points below the Leicestershire local authority average of 62%. This places the school in the bottom half of primary schools within Blaby, where it ranks 20th out of 25 schools, and in the bottom 50% nationally. While the school’s maths average score of 104 and reading average score of 104 are both in line with national expectations, the proportion of pupils achieving the higher standard in these subjects is notably low: just 1% reached the higher standard across all three subjects, compared with 27% in maths alone and 24% in reading. Writing at the higher standard stands at only 3%. These headline figures suggest that while a majority of children are meeting basic benchmarks, the school is not currently pushing a significant number of pupils into the top performance brackets.

The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in June 2019, rated it as ‘Requires improvement’ overall, a downgrade from its previous ‘Requires improvement’ rating in 2017. Leadership and management were also judged to require improvement, while early years provision was rated ‘Good’. Behaviour and attitudes, personal development and the quality of education were not separately graded in the 2019 report, which limits the detail available. With 16.4% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a slightly above-average proportion of disadvantaged children for the area. The school’s Progress 8 scores for reading, writing and maths are not available in the data, so it is not possible to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points. The nearest outstanding-rated primary school is Blaby Thistly Meadow Primary School, located 4.7 kilometres away.

Ravenhurst Primary School is a mixed, non-denominational state primary for children aged 5 to 11, with a current roll of 379 pupils against a capacity of 595, meaning there is room for growth. It was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 89 applications for 37 places, with 36 first-preference offers made — an oversubscription ratio of 2.41. The school offers a broad range of facilities including playing fields, a sports hall, an ICT suite, music rooms and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, gymnastics, swimming, rounders, cross country and athletics, while clubs range from coding and science to choir, drama and eco club. SEND provision is well-developed, covering specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, visual impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. This makes the school a practical choice for families seeking a mainstream setting with strong SEND support, though the academic outcomes and Ofsted rating mean parents may want to visit and ask about recent improvements.

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