Sandfield Close Primary School
Sandfield Close, Leicester, LE4 7REOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Sandfield Close Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 4 to 11. It is one of the 136 schools in Leicester. It ranks 72nd of 138 primary schools in Leicester. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 29 October 2024, report published 4 December 2024
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 29 October 2024
Pupils are happy at this school. They understand the school's values of responsibleness, respectfulness, resilience and resourcefulness, and they demonstrate these to each other and the staff. Pupils are kind and have a deep appreciation of diversity and equality, which helps everyone in the school to feel welcome. Pupils behave well and enjoy receiving rewards when they demonstrate positive attitudes to learning in the classroom. Staff have high expectations of pupils' achievement. Typically, pupils meet these expectations. Pupils understand the importance of working hard and trying their best. They know that school is important, and they appreciate how adults in school help them to learn new things. Pupils like to impress with their new knowledge and delight in sharing exciting facts to 'wow' adults. Pupils like having additional responsibilities in the school, such as being monitors at lunchtime. They like the clubs and trips that the school provides, for example a recent space camp. Pupils are excited about the new opportunities to be leaders in the school, such as being school councillors, and they feel that these will help them to become more confident.
What the school should improve
- In some subjects, the important knowledge that pupils should know and remember has not been identified clearly enough. This means that teachers lack clarity about the information that they should emphasise when they deliver the curriculum. The school should clarify the knowledge that pupils should remember in these subjects so that their knowledge builds securely over time.
- Sometimes, the work that pupils receive is not ambitious enough. This means that some pupils receive work or activities that do not enable them to develop more complex ideas. The school should adopt consistent assessment strategies across the whole curriculum so that teachers know pupils' different starting points and adapt their approaches in lessons accordingly.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
33 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
250 pupils on roll, with places for 252
Schools near Sandfield Close Primary School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herrick Primary School | 0.4 miles | Ofsted: Good | 58% met the expected standard |
| Church Hill Infant School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | Not published |
| Church Hill Church of England Junior School | 0.7 miles | Ofsted: Good | 57% met the expected standard |
| Wyvern Primary School | 0.8 miles | Report card: Expected standard | 65% met the expected standard |
| Eastfield Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Requires improvement | 51% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- No
- Headteacher
- Mrs Smita Lad
- Phone
- 01162660333
- Address
- Sandfield Close, Leicester, LE4 7RE
- Local authority
- Leicester
- URN
- 120047
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.