Richard Hill Church of England Primary School

About Richard Hill Church of England Primary School

Richard Hill Church of England Primary School has been rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection, a significant improvement from its previous Requires Improvement rating. The school’s most telling academic metric is the Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, where 63% of pupils met the benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. This places the school just above the Leicestershire local authority average of 62%, a solid performance for a small primary. Within the Charnwood borough, the school ranks 25th out of 45 primary schools on this measure, sitting in the top 55% locally. Nationally, it ranks 6,669th out of 13,686 primary schools, placing it around the midpoint. The school’s average reading score was 103 and maths 102, both slightly above the national average of 100, while 33% of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading and 21% in maths.

Ofsted’s inspection in May 2025 judged every area as Good, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a clear turnaround from the previous inspection in November 2022, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall, with quality of education, personal development, and leadership all graded as Requires Improvement. The school has clearly addressed those weaknesses. Parent feedback is largely positive: 92% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 92% felt their child is safe. However, 16% of parents would not recommend the school to others, and there were some mixed views on how concerns are handled, with 20% disagreeing that concerns are dealt with properly. The school has a small roll of 96 pupils against a capacity of 210, and it is oversubscribed, receiving 71 applications for just 12 places in 2025/26.

The school offers a range of facilities including a library, playing fields, a sensory room, a gymnasium, music rooms and a chapel. Sports include tennis, netball, rounders, dance, athletics and gymnastics, and clubs range from choir and drama to coding, film club, gardening and eco club. The school has identified SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. However, the Parent View data shows no responses from parents of SEND children, so it is difficult to gauge how well these provisions are working in practice. With a Church of England character and a nursery provision for children from age three, this school suits families looking for a small, community-focused primary with improving academic outcomes and a strong pastoral focus, though the high oversubscription ratio of nearly six applications per place means early application is essential.

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