Primary · LE5 · Leicester

Coleman Primary School

Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FS

Area judgements

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedArea judgements
Attendance95.4%
Attainment59% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils450

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Area judgements

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Latest visit (Dec 2024): no overall grade — quality of education, leadership and management and early years require improvement; behaviour and attitudes and personal development good. See the full Ofsted report.

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedRequires improvement

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LE5. Where we have them, council (Leicester) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
450
Free school meals
22.1%
1.6% below district average (23.7%)

Also: Leicester 25.2% · England 24.7%

SEN
14.4%
11.8% below district average (26.2%)

Also: Leicester 16.1% · England 18.2%

EAL
69.2%
10.1% above district average (59.1%)
Attendance
95.4%
1.3% above district average (94.1%)

Also: Leicester 94.3% · England 94.8%

Persistent absence
11.1%
Attainment
59% met expected standard (KS2)

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LE5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.3%
  • 2021/2292.6%
  • 2022/2392%
  • 2023/2493.6%
  • 2024/2592.6%

KS2 attainment

Share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (all pupils).

  • 2022/2359%
  • 2023/2452%
  • 2024/2559%

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
627
Pupils on roll
450

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Leicester page.

SEN support

SEN %
14.4%
On-site provision
None listed in GIAS

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
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