OFSTED
Latest ungraded inspection
22 March 2023
Latest published outcome
School remains Good
SCHOOL DETAILS
About this school
School type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Local authority
Leicestershire
Trust
TOWNLANDS C OF E PRIMARY ACADEMY
Census date
15 January 2026
PUPIL PROFILE
School community
Latest published pupil characteristics
for 2025/26.
2025/26
Total pupils
275
275 full-time ·
0 part-time
Female pupils
148
53.8% of pupils
Male pupils
127
46.2% of pupils
7.7 pts
below England
School
17.1%
Hinckley and Bosworth
16.6%
East Midlands
25.0%
England
24.8%
14.8 pts
below England
School
5.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth
7.2%
East Midlands
18.4%
England
20.3%
1.0 pts
below England
School
0.0%
Hinckley and Bosworth
0.4%
East Midlands
0.7%
England
1.0%
Ethnicity
Largest recorded pupil groups.
Any other White background
2.9%
8
White and Black African
1.8%
5
Council, regional and national comparisons
are pupil-weighted using published school
census counts.
ADDITIONAL NEEDS
Special educational needs
Pupils receiving SEN support or with an
education, health and care plan.
2025/26
Pupils with SEN
16.0%
44 of
275 pupils
4.8 pts
below England
England:
20.8%
Hinckley and Bosworth
21.4%
SEN support
13.8%
38 pupils
England
14.8%
1.0 pts
below
EHC plans
2.2%
6 pupils
England
6.0%
3.9 pts
below
PRIMARY NEEDS
Most common identified needs
Pupils
Moderate learning difficulty
16
Social, emotional & mental health
13
Autistic spectrum disorder
6
Speech, language & communication
4
Specific learning difficulty
3
SEN comparisons are pupil-weighted using published
2025/26 Department for Education school-level data.
Primary needs combine pupils receiving SEN support
and pupils with EHC plans.
ATTENDANCE & ABSENCE
Attendance profile
Published Department for Education
absence data for
2024/25.
Lower absence rates are generally
better.
2024/25
ABSENCE RATE
Overall absence
3.78%
Percentage of possible sessions missed.
2.44 pts
lower than
England
School
3.78%
Hinckley and Bosworth
5.57%
East Midlands
5.90%
England
6.22%
ABSENCE RATE
Persistent absence
10.14%
Pupils missing 10% or more of sessions.
5.67 pts
lower than
England
School
10.14%
Hinckley and Bosworth
12.99%
East Midlands
14.53%
England
15.82%
ABSENCE RATE
Severe absence
0.00%
Pupils missing 50% or more of sessions.
1.80 pts
lower than
England
School
0.00%
Hinckley and Bosworth
1.62%
East Midlands
1.72%
England
1.80%
Council, regional and national
comparisons are averages of published
school-level percentages rather than
pupil-weighted official absence rates.
HOW DOES IT COMPARE?
School context
Comparison with open
primary schools.
CAPACITY
Capacity utilisation
65.5%
22.7 pts
below England
Townlands Church of England Primary School
65.5%
Hinckley and Bosworth
84.2%
Benchmarks use open schools in the
same phase. Capacity utilisation is
calculated from published pupil and
capacity figures.