Sandfield Close Primary School

About Sandfield Close Primary School

Sandfield Close Primary School, a state primary in Leicester, was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, with inspectors awarding Good marks across all five graded categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school’s most telling academic metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard, which 69% of pupils achieved in the 2023/24 academic year. That places Sandfield Close comfortably above the Leicester local authority average of 62% for the same measure. In the local authority rankings, the school sits 22nd out of 68 primary schools, putting it in the top third of Leicester primaries. Nationally, it ranks 4,517th out of 13,686 schools, which is around the 33rd percentile. The school’s average scaled scores in reading and maths were both 106, and 82% of pupils met the expected standard in each of those subjects individually.

The Ofsted report noted that the school has held a Good rating across both its recent inspections, with the previous full inspection in 2015 also awarding Good overall. The early years provision was previously rated as Requires Improvement but has now been upgraded to Good. Parent feedback from the Parent View survey, collected between September 2024 and September 2025, shows a mixed picture. While 88% of the 17 respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 88% felt their child is safe, only 59% would recommend the school to another parent. Concerns were more pronounced around how the school handles concerns, with 42% disagreeing or strongly disagreeing that concerns are dealt with properly, and 42% disagreeing or strongly disagreeing that the school has high expectations for their child. The school’s SEND provision received no responses at all, making it impossible to gauge parent satisfaction in that area.

Sandfield Close is a relatively small school with 248 pupils against a capacity of 252, and it was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 59 applications for 30 places, with 29 offers going to first-preference families. The school offers a range of facilities including a forest school, sensory room, library, sports hall, and art studios, and runs clubs such as eco club, art club, film club, and gardening. Sports on offer include dance, swimming, rounders, gymnastics, cricket, and cross country. The school has a dedicated SEN unit and provisions for moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. For families prioritising strong SEND support and a forest school setting, Sandfield Close is a solid option, though the mixed parent satisfaction scores suggest it’s worth visiting to see if it’s the right fit for your child.

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