St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Golding

About St Margaret's Church of England Primary School, Stoke Golding

St Margaret's Church of England Primary School in Stoke Golding holds a Good rating from its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, with inspectors awarding Good across every category including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school's previous inspection in 2016 also rated it Good overall, so the school has maintained a consistent standard. But the real story here is in the exam data. In the 2023/24 academic year, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2. That is significantly above the Leicestershire local authority average of 62% and places St Margaret's third out of 29 primary schools in the Hinckley and Bosworth area. Nationally, the school sits in the top 12% of all primary schools for this combined measure, and in the top 10% within the East Midlands region. It is a strong academic performer for a village primary.

Digging into the individual subjects, the school's maths scores are particularly impressive. The average maths scaled score was 108, with 85% of pupils reaching the expected standard and 32% achieving the higher standard. Reading also performed well, with an average score of 107, 88% at expected and 26% at the higher level. Writing and reading, writing and maths combined both saw 79% at expected, with 12% reaching the higher standard in each. The school's overall ranking score of 79 reflects this solid performance. Parent feedback from the Ofsted Parent View survey, based on 63 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, is overwhelmingly positive. 87% of parents would recommend the school, and 90% strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy here. 92% felt their child feels safe, and 94% agreed the school has high expectations for their child.

The school is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, with 62 applications for 30 places and 32 first-preference applications, so families need to apply early. It is a Church of England primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 5 to 11, with a current roll of 221 against a capacity of 210. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals is low at 6.3%. Facilities include an ICT suite, gymnasium, music rooms, a forest school and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, gymnastics, cricket, netball, rounders, tennis and athletics, and clubs include art, coding and chess. The school has a broad range of SEND provisions, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, autistic spectrum disorder and other difficulties. This is a well-regarded village primary that combines strong academic outcomes with a clear Church of England character and a wide range of extracurricular opportunities.

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