Hugglescote Community Primary School, Coalville

From the headteacher's welcome: "Our school is a place where children and teachers enjoy working together enthusiastically to try to achieve high standards in every area of life. Hugglescote is known for the warm welcome and quality of care that we provide the children, and we are striving to match this by excellent academic, creative, technological, sporting and social achievement."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:45am and after-school care until 6:00pm, from £6.00 per session.

Hugglescote Community Primary School has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2025, under its previous registration (URN 119915), 76% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 83% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.

For September 2026 entry, 72 families put Hugglescote Community Primary School as their first choice and 193 named it as one of their preferences, for 75 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Hugglescote Community Primary School are Saint Clare's Primary School A Catholic Voluntary Academy, Coalville, Leicestershire (0.7 miles, Good, 76% reading, 69% maths); Belvoirdale Community Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 67% reading, 59% maths); Ellistown Community Primary School (1 mile, Good, 80% reading, 90% maths); and All Saints Church of England Primary School, Coalville (1.2 miles, Good, 92% reading, 96% maths).

Hugglescote Community Primary School is one of 20 schools run by Symphony Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

13.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 9.2% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (6%).

Hugglescote Community Primary School has a SEN unit for moderate learning difficulties: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Hugglescote Community Primary School.

13 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Crescent Road (opposite), 90 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 104 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.