Ridgeway Primary Academy

State-Funded School

ridgeway-primary-academy-leicestershire-east-midlands

East MidlandsRegion

LeicestershireLocal Authority

Harborough, Oadby and WigstonConstituency

LE16 7HQPostcode

4.0

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Ridgeway Primary Academy 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 234 pupils. Ridgeway Primary Academy is part of Learn Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 10 Feb 2026 · published 19 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 62%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 103

Ethnicity

White

90%

Asian

<1%

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

234

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

12%

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: Less deprived
Total pupils: 234
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: Learn Academies Trust

Inspection history

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

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 29 September 2021. 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 Jun 2012	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.