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Booth Wood Primary School

Community school · Loughborough · LE11 4PG

Ages 4–11 · 215 pupils · Leicestershire

KS2 expected (RWM)

77%

Overall absence

4.6%

Admissions demand

1.53 · Competitive

Performance

Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.

Key stage 2 (2023/24)

Expected standard (RWM)77%
Higher standard (RWM)3%
Avg scaled score — reading
108.0
Avg scaled score — maths
109.0
Avg scaled score — GPS
109.0

Source: DfE school and college performance tables

Absence

Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.

Overall absence4.6%
Persistent absence (10%+)8.6%
Unauthorised0.5%
Authorised absence
4.2%
Severe absence (50%+)
0.0%
Enrolments in measure
185

Absence trend

2021/22

2022/23

2023/24

  • Overall
  • Persistent (10%+)

Source: DfE pupil absence in schools in England

Admissions demand

Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.

Demand ratio

1.53 · Competitive

1st preferences

46

Places offered

30

1st-preference offers

30

Total preferences (any rank)
92
Preferred offers (top 3)
30
Applications from outside LA
0
Offers to outside-LA applicants
0

Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.

Size & intake

From the GIAS school census (18 Jan 2024).

Capacity fill102%

215 pupils · 210 places

Pupils on roll
215
Boys / girls
121 / 94
School capacity
210
Capacity fill
215 / 210 (102%)
Free school meals
20%
FSM pupils
43
Gender
Mixed
School type
Community school

Age range

Ages 4–11

05111619

Provision

Official GIAS characteristics

0 / 6

  • Nursery
  • Sixth form
  • Boarding
  • Special school
  • Independent
  • Academy

School characteristics

Special classes
No Special Classes
Governance
Community school
Headteacher
Mrs Heather Sharpe

Location

Address
Old Ashby Road
Postcode
LE11 4PG
Town
Loughborough
County
Leicestershire
Local authority
Leicestershire
District
Charnwood
Constituency
Loughborough
Urban/rural
(England/Wales) Urban city and town

Local context

How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.

Mixed community school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Loughborough, Leicestershire, 215 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 20%.

Open schools in Loughborough
55
Primary schools in Loughborough
38
Academies among open schools in Loughborough
56% (31)
Open schools in LE11
29
Primary in LE11
14
Open schools in Leicestershire LA
328
Primary in Leicestershire LA
231

Nearby primary schools

Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.

Compare with theseAll in LoughboroughNear LE11

  • Booth Wood Academy

    Academy converter · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 4PG · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • FSM14.3%

    0.0 miles away

  • Thorpe Acre Junior School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Community school · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 4SQ · Leicestershire

    Ages 7–11

    • KS252%
    • Absence7.4%
    • FSM36.2%

    0.4 miles away

  • Thorpe Acre Infant School

    Ofsted: Good

    Community school · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 4SQ · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–7

    • Absence6.4%
    • FSM27.6%
    • Demand0.84

    0.4 miles away

  • Holywell Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 3SJ · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS278%
    • Absence3.4%
    • FSM3.9%
    • Demand0.98

    0.7 miles away

  • Mountfields Lodge School

    Ofsted: School remains Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 3GE · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS249%
    • Absence4.7%
    • FSM11.5%
    • Demand0.90

    1.0 miles away

  • Stonebow Primary School Loughborough

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 4ZH · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS276%
    • Absence7.3%
    • FSM18.6%
    • Demand0.96

    1.1 miles away

  • Robert Bakewell Primary School

    Ofsted: Good

    Academy converter · Primary

    Loughborough · LE11 5UJ · Leicestershire

    Ages 4–11

    • KS250%
    • Absence5.9%
    • FSM34.5%
    • Demand0.95

    1.1 miles away

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Contact

Headteacher
Mrs Heather Sharpe

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