Water Leys Primary School | School performance

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

401

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

401

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

56%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

401

Pupils · 2024/25

33%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 17/04/2024

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityLeicestershire

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.1:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Water Leys Primary School · Primary · Leicestershire

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

56%

-9pp

69%62%55%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 56%

RWM higher standard

-5pp

11%7%3%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 3%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

69%

Reading higher standard

18%

Writing expected standard

69%

Writing higher standard

10%

Maths expected standard

76%

Maths higher standard

26%

Science expected standard

73%

SPAG expected standard

60%

SPAG higher standard

19%

Reading scaled score

103.0

Maths scaled score

103.0

GPS scaled score

102.0

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

401

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.1

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

33%

FSM eligible

18%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Guilford Drive, Wigston, LE18 1HG

Local authority

Leicestershire

Website

www.waterleysprimaryschool.co.uk/

Telephone

01162884135

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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	56%	3%	69%	18%	69%	10%	76%	26%	73%	60%	103.0	103.0	102.0	—	—	—	18%	401
2023/24	65%	8%	78%	40%	72%	18%	85%	25%	83%	77%	105.0	105.0	104.0	—	—	—	20%	402
2022/23	67%	11%	82%	30%	72%	11%	84%	31%	90%	79%	106.0	106.0	106.0	+0.80	-1.10	+2.10	20%	417
2018/19	69%	10%	76%	25%	83%	24%	83%	32%	86%	80%	105.0	105.0	106.0	-0.10	+0.60	+0.60	17%	417
2017/18	55%	10%	69%	16%	76%	24%	74%	19%	84%	76%	103.0	103.0	104.0	-1.40	+0.60	-0.20	17%	417
2016/17	56%	0%	69%	11%	75%	20%	61%	5%	84%	72%	101.0	99.0	103.0	-2.90	-1.10	-5.00	13%	422

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	401	22.6	18%	33%	18%	5%	15%
2023/24	402	22.1	20%	31%	18%	5%	13%
2022/23	417	24.2	20%	29%	18%	6%	16%
2021/22	419	24.3	19%	27%	16%	6%	13%
2020/21	420	24.5	16%	27%	14%	—	—
2018/19	417	24.3	17%	31%	12%	4%	4%
2017/18	417	22.7	17%	30%	13%	5%	10%
2016/17	422	23.7	13%	18%	13%	4%	7%