The Place Independent School
Other · Other independent special school · Ages 5–18 · Leicestershire
The Place Independent School is an other school in Leicestershire for ages 5–18 (other independent special school).
Key facts
- Address
- Hill Farm, Belvoir Road, Bottesford, NG13 0EA
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Phase
- Other
- Ages
- 5–18
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Leicestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 68 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- z of pupils eligible
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Strengths
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are positive.”
- “Staff are passionate and ambitious for all pupils to succeed.”
- “Staff take time to get to know pupils.”
To improve
- “However, teachers do not always provide an effective range of activities to support pupils’ progress through the curriculum.”
- “For example, in mathematics lessons, teachers do not always provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to develop their reasoning skills.”
- “In English lessons, there is not enough time dedicated to allowing pupils opportunities to undertake extended writing.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 1 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
More with a 3-month pass
A one-off £9.99 pass, no subscription, unlocks for 3 months:
- Earlier years of exam results
- Crime, sold prices, broadband and transport around the school
A last distance offered describes one past year and is not a catchment or a promise of a place. Check with the council before you apply.
Nearby other schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicestershire.
- Include-Welby Grange 10.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Birch Wood (Melton Area Special School) 11.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- The Grange Therapeutic School 17.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Ratcliffe College 17.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Quorn Hall School 18.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Fairfield Prep School 19.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- ASPIRE: Lifeskills 19.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Loughborough Grammar School 19.9 mi No Ofsted grade