Academy converter · Primary
Leicester · LE7 1HR · Leicestershire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.8 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 138818
The Merton Primary School
Academy converter · Leicester · LE7 2PT
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 5–11
Pupils
413
Local authority
Leicestershire
Age range
Ages 5–11
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 converter (primary), Ages 5–11, in Leicester, Leicestershire, 413 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 11.1%.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138818
Location
- Address
- Cherry Drive, Syston
- Postcode
- LE7 2PT
- Town
- Leicester
- County
- Leicestershire
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- District
- Charnwood
- Constituency
- Melton and Syston
- 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
- 413
- Boys / girls
- 217 / 196
- School capacity
- 420
- Capacity fill
- 413 / 420 (98%)
- Free school meals
- 11.1%
- FSM pupils
- 46
- 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
- Governance
- Academy trust: BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Academy trust
- BRADGATE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP
- Sponsor
- Bradgate Education Partnership
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Nick Sale
- Telephone
- 01162608150
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
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-01-28
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- 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 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 71%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 12%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 107.0