Community school · Primary
Leicester · LE8 4FE · Leicestershire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenURN 148029
Foxfields Academy
Free schools special · Blaby · LE8 4FE
Age range
Ages 4–16
Pupils
105
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 4–16
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 free schools special, Ages 4–16, in Blaby, Leicestershire, 105 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 51.4%.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools special
- Age range
- 4–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 148029
Location
- Address
- Hospital Lane
- Postcode
- LE8 4FE
- Town
- Blaby
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Blaby
- Constituency
- South 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
- 105
- Boys / girls
- 91 / 14
- School capacity
- 100
- Capacity fill
- 105 / 100 (105%)
- Free school meals
- 51.4%
- FSM pupils
- 54
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Academy trust
- COMMUNITY INCLUSIVE TRUST
- Sponsor
- Community Inclusive Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ashley Caress
- Telephone
- 01163440343
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
Good
Inspection date
2023-01-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 93.0