Little Bowden School
Scotland Road, Market Harborough, LE16 8AY
368 pupils · 88% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Free school meals
- 13.9%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 14 January 2025, published 2 February 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 68% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 47 | 45 | 120 | 46 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 40 | 35 | 122 | 40 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 46 | 43 | 119 | 46 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 38 | 37 | 113 | 38 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 59 | 59 | 101 | 59 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 43 | 43 | 96 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 54 | 53 | 104 | 54 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 60 | 67 | 132 | 60 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Farndon Fields Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Meadowdale Primary School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Market Harborough Church of England Academy 1.3 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Ridgeway Primary Academy 1.6 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
- Great Bowden Academy, A Church of England Primary School 2.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.