Forest Lodge Academy | Primary in Leicester | Ofsted & DfE

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

576

Pupils · 2024/25

27%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

576

Pupils · 2024/25

27%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

55%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

576

Pupils · 2024/25

27%

EAL · 2024/25

22%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 16/06/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLeicester

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio21.2:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Forest Lodge Academy · Primary · Leicester

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How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2018/19

RWM expected standard

55%

-9pp

64%59%53%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 55%

RWM higher standard

-1pp

8%7%6%

'19'23'24'25

'25 · 6%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

70%

Reading higher standard

33%

Writing expected standard

62%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

74%

Maths higher standard

26%

Science expected standard

72%

SPAG expected standard

71%

SPAG higher standard

27%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

105.0

GPS scaled score

105.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

576

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.2

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

27%

FSM eligible

48%

SEN

16%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

22%

Contact

Address

Charnor Road, Leicester, LE3 6LH

Local authority

Leicester

Website

www.forestlodge.leicester.sch.uk/

Telephone

01162871220

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	55%	6%	70%	33%	62%	10%	74%	26%	72%	71%	104.0	105.0	105.0	—	—	—	16%	576
2023/24	64%	7%	82%	30%	67%	8%	82%	26%	79%	71%	106.0	106.0	104.0	—	—	—	16%	608
2022/23	55%	8%	70%	20%	61%	13%	74%	17%	76%	64%	103.0	104.0	103.0	-0.90	-1.70	+0.40	11%	604
2018/19	53%	6%	58%	13%	70%	17%	76%	22%	76%	74%	101.0	104.0	106.0	-0.10	+0.00	+1.90	16%	630

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	576	20.1	16%	27%	48%	7%	22%
2023/24	608	22.0	16%	24%	49%	7%	21%
2022/23	604	21.0	11%	22%	50%	7%	24%
2021/22	593	20.0	11%	21%	50%	7%	21%
2020/21	622	22.8	11%	18%	45%	—	—
2018/19	630	21.2	16%	20%	44%	5%	13%
2017/18	—	—	—	—	—	6%	14%