Community school · Primary
Swadlincote · DE12 6EX · Leicestershire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 145084
Blackfordby St Margaret's Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led · Swadlincote · DE11 8AB
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
86
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 4–11, in Swadlincote, Leicestershire, 86 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 15.1%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leicester.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 145084
Location
- Address
- Off Main Street, Blackfordby
- Postcode
- DE11 8AB
- Town
- Swadlincote
- County
- Derbyshire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 86
- Boys / girls
- 46 / 40
- School capacity
- 105
- Capacity fill
- 86 / 105 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 15.1%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leicester
- Governance
- Academy trust: RISE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- RISE MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Rise Multi Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ashley Izzard-Snape
- Telephone
- 01283217702
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-04-21
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 44%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 19%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 100.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0