Stathern Primary School

About Stathern Primary School

Stathern Primary School holds an Ofsted rating of Outstanding, a grade it earned in its most recent inspection in 2023, where it received top marks across every category including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school’s academic story is best told through its Key Stage 2 results from the 2023/24 academic year, which show a mixed picture. While 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined, this figure sits just below the Leicestershire local authority average of 62%. However, the school performs strongly in individual subjects: 90% of pupils reached the expected standard in maths, and 80% did so in reading. At the higher standard, 20% of pupils achieved in all three subjects, with maths again leading at 50% and reading at 40%. Nationally, Stathern ranks in the 57th percentile among primary schools, placing it in the bottom half of schools in the Melton local authority area, where it sits 9th out of 18 schools.

The school’s Ofsted report from 2023 paints a picture of consistent excellence, with all inspected areas rated Outstanding, including early years provision. This is a notable improvement from the previous inspection in 2010, where early years provision was graded as Requires Improvement, though the overall effectiveness was also Outstanding at that time. With 102 pupils on roll against a capacity of 119, the school is not at full capacity, yet it is oversubscribed for the 2025/26 academic year, receiving 33 applications for just 9 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.67. All 9 first-preference applicants were offered a place. The school serves a relatively affluent intake, with only 6.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, well below the national average. Its Progress 8 scores for reading, writing, and maths are not available in the data, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds beyond raw attainment.

Stathern Primary is a state-funded, mixed-gender primary school for children aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form provision. It is not a boarding school and has no religious character. Facilities include a dining hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sports hall, a gymnasium, playing fields, art studios, a chapel, and a Forest School programme. The school offers a range of sports including netball, tennis, athletics, and dance, as well as clubs for drama, coding, and film club. Its SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities, and autistic spectrum disorder. This school is likely to suit families who prioritise a strong pastoral and behavioural environment, given its Outstanding Ofsted ratings in personal development and behaviour, and who are comfortable with a school that performs around the local average in core academic measures but excels in maths and reading individually.

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