St Botolph's Church of England Primary School, Loughborough

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades St Botolph's Church of England Primary School on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Pupils typically achieve well from their starting points, including those who are disadvantaged or those with special educational needs and/or disabilities."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders have clear oversight of attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school has established an ambitious, well-sequenced and progressive curriculum."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children in the early years benefit from warm and positive relationships with staff."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Inclusion lies at the heart of St Botolph's Church of England Primary School."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are ambitious for pupils."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school has designed a coherent and appropriate personal development programme."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should work with families to improve pupils' attendance, so all pupils, especially those who face barriers to their learning, have full access to the curriculum and can achieve higher outcomes"; "Leaders should develop pupils' handwriting. They should ensure sustained high expectations of handwriting in writing across the curriculum"; "Leaders should ensure that teachers, including in the early years, assess all pupils' learning accurately and identify misconceptions with precision, so that gaps in knowledge and understanding are addressed consistently and effectively".

In its own words: "The school welcomes parents/carers and children to visit our school during Autumn 2026 term to meet the Head Teacher and see the school in action. All in all we are extremely happy with this wonderful school!"

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:15am and after-school care.

Coming up: an open day on Thursday 29 October 2026 at 9.30am, an open day on Friday 13 November 2026 at 1.30pm, an open day on Monday 23 November 2026 at 9.30am and an open day on Tuesday 1 December 2026 at 1.30pm. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2025, 72% of Year 6 pupils at St Botolph's Church of England Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 77% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 77% in Leicestershire and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 58% in reading and 72% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 38 families put St Botolph's Church of England Primary School as their first choice and 104 named it as one of their preferences, for 46 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 St Botolph's Church of England Primary School are Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire (0.4 miles, Good, 73% reading, 67% maths); Newcroft Primary Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 93% reading, 95% maths); Oxley Primary School Shepshed (0.8 miles, Good, 87% reading, 90% maths); and Stonebow Primary School Loughborough (1.5 miles, Good, 64% reading, 72% maths).

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

42 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Botolph's Church of England Primary School (as of April 2026): 95% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (88%).

1.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 53 pupils (13.9%) received SEN support and 45 (11.8%) 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 speech, language and communication needs.

St Botolph's Church of England Primary School has a resourced provision for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, speech, language and communication needs and autism: 12 places, 12 pupils on roll.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of St Botolph's Church of England Primary School.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Chapel Street (opposite), 360 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 93 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Leicestershire (58), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Botolph's Church of England Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.