Willoughby Primary School
Ofsted: Expected standardCommunity school · Primary
Loughborough · LE12 6SS · Nottinghamshire
Ages 4–11
- Absence3.6%
- FSM6.4%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 140095
Old Dalby Church of England Primary School
Academy converter · Melton Mowbray · LE14 3JY
Ages 4–11 · 163 pupils · Leicestershire
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
50%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
0.94 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2023-05-16
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)50%
Higher standard (RWM)15%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)6.9%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.3%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 131
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
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
0.94 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
17
Places offered
18
1st-preference offers
17
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 25
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 18
- Applications from outside LA
- 3
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 2
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 (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill78%
163 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 163
- Boys / girls
- 86 / 77
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 163 / 210 (78%)
- Free school meals
- 17.2%
- FSM pupils
- 28
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of Leicester
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: OLD DALBY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- OLD DALBY CHURCH OF ENGLAND PRIMARY SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rosemary Browne
Location
- Address
- Longcliff Hill, Old Dalby
- Postcode
- LE14 3JY
- Town
- Melton Mowbray
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Melton
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 163 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 17.2%. Religious character: Church of England. Diocese: Diocese of Leicester.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rosemary Browne
- Telephone
- 01664822455