Barley Croft Primary School

State-Funded School

barley-croft-primary-school-leicester-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicesterLocal Authority

Leicester WestConstituency

LE4 0UTPostcode

1.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Barley Croft Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Leicester, East Midlands.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 324 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 49%
Higher standard: 0%
Reading score: 103
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

37%

Asian

13%

Black

36%

Mixed

10%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

324

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

60%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 324
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
19 May 2019	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.