Church Hill Church of England Junior School, Leicester

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Church Hill Church of England Junior School on 6 areas: 6 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils, including disadvantaged pupils, those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), and pupils with additional vulnerabilities, achieve consistently well."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders take a highly strategic approach to ensure that all pupils, including disadvantaged pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) regularly attend school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders plan the curriculum astutely so that all pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), build knowledge securely over time."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "This is a highly inclusive school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders know the school and its community extremely well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders plan the personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum with great care."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders and those responsible for governance should ensure continued improvement to their curriculum implementation to achieve and sustain exceptional standards of teaching which has a transformational impact on the achievement of all pupils, particularly the most able pupils and pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities".

In its own words: "We aspire for all children to celebrate their strengths and be proud of their achievements. Our broad, exciting and inclusive curriculum allows all children to shine and to encourage the light in other. We are proud that our Church of England school is rooted in family values with a warm and caring ethos."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:40am and after-school care, from £5 per session.

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Church Hill Church of England Junior School reached the expected standard in reading and 84% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Leicestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (78% in reading, 79% in maths).

Across Leicestershire, 94% of families were offered their first-choice primary school for 2026 entry, and 99% were offered one of the schools they named.

In 2026, families in Leicestershire lodged 113 appeals against primary school offers; 66 reached a hearing and 5 succeeded (7.6% of those heard).

The nearest other state primary schools to Church Hill Church of England Junior School are Church Hill Infant School (under 0.1 miles, Good); Eastfield Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 64% reading, 78% maths); Bishop Ellis Catholic Voluntary Academy (0.5 miles, 59% reading, 69% maths); and Sandfield Close Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 73% reading, 79% maths).

Church Hill Church of England Junior School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

31.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (46%), White British (38%) and Mixed (8%).

In 2026, 40 pupils (16.8%) received SEN support and 6 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

The nearest railway station is Syston Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Dovedale Road (outside), 210 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 116 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Church Hill Church of England Junior School issued 17 suspensions, 6.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Church Hill Church of England Junior School are The Roundhill Academy (0.7 miles), Rushey Mead Academy (1.3 miles), Soar Valley College (1.3 miles) and The Cedars Academy (1.3 miles).