Primary
Hallam Fields, Birstall
Long Meadow Way, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 3LL
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 190 of 210 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.3
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Religious character
- Yes
- Trust
- LIONHEART EDUCATIONAL TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 7.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 17.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.8
- Pupils
- 202
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Early yearsGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
January 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
SATs results
85%
22 points above the Leicester average (63% across 138 schools)
107.0
1.6 above the Leicester average (105.4 across 138 schools)
15th of 140 by our score, among the primary schools in Leicester we can score - 155 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 107 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 85% |
| Working at a higher standard | 11% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 79% |
| 24/25 | 85% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Long Meadow Way, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 3LL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Leicestershire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ifat Sultana
- Address
- Long Meadow Way, Birstall, Leicester, LE4 3LL
- Telephone
- 01162670550