Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School

State-Funded School

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East MidlandsRegion

LeicestershireLocal Authority

North West LeicestershireConstituency

DE11 8ABPostcode

6.5

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Leicestershire, East Midlands.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 86 pupils. Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School is part of RISE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 7 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 60%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

97%

Mixed

Pupils

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

15%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 86
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: RISE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 Mar 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
10 Dec 2015	Requires improvement	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Requires improvement

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.