Latest News
Stay connected with what’s happening in our school by following us on Instagram for the latest updates!
🎄🎅🏻 Join us straight after school tomorrow for our Christmas event 🎅🏻🎄
Please bring any donated Christmas jumpers to the school office tomorrow. Thank you!
🎄🎅🏻 Join us straight after school tomorrow for our Christmas event 🎅🏻🎄
Please bring any donated Christmas jumpers to the school office tomorrow. Thank you!
CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING
Last night we welcomed 20 wonderful members of our Desford community — parents, friends, and neighbours — to our Friends of Desford Community Primary School Christmas Wreath Making Workshop 🎄✨
The hall was filled with laughter, creativity and that special Christmas sparkle as everyone crafted beautiful wreaths to take home. With glasses of prosecco, warming mulled wine and plenty of sweet treats and nibbles to enjoy, it was a truly cosy, festive evening.
We’re so grateful to everyone who came along to support the event — every penny raised goes straight back into enriching our school for the children.
Thank you for bringing such joy, generosity and Christmas spirit. What a magical way to begin the season ✨💛🎄
CHRISTMAS WREATH MAKING
Last night we welcomed 20 wonderful members of our Desford community — parents, friends, and neighbours — to our Friends of Desford Community Primary School Christmas Wreath Making Workshop 🎄✨
The hall was filled with laughter, creativity and that special Christmas sparkle as everyone crafted beautiful wreaths to take home. With glasses of prosecco, warming mulled wine and plenty of sweet treats and nibbles to enjoy, it was a truly cosy, festive evening.
We’re so grateful to everyone who came along to support the event — every penny raised goes straight back into enriching our school for the children.
Thank you for bringing such joy, generosity and Christmas spirit. What a magical way to begin the season ✨💛🎄
CLASSROOM VISITS
This afternoon we welcomed over 200 parents and carers into school for our half-termly classroom visits 💛✨
It was wonderful to see families exploring books, chatting with staff, and celebrating the brilliant progress our children are making. The pride on the children’s faces as they shared their work said it all!
Thank you, Desford community, for your continued support — together we help our children shine. 🌟📚💛
CLASSROOM VISITS
This afternoon we welcomed over 200 parents and carers into school for our half-termly classroom visits 💛✨
It was wonderful to see families exploring books, chatting with staff, and celebrating the brilliant progress our children are making. The pride on the children’s faces as they shared their work said it all!
Thank you, Desford community, for your continued support — together we help our children shine. 🌟📚💛
Remembering a diverse range of important people from history gives everyone the hope that they too can succeed. For Black History Month, we kicked off with an assembly on ‘Standing Firm in power and Pride’. We are proud at Desford to have a diverse range of texts and units of work that celebrate the success stories of many people from minoritised groups across the world and ensure that their still stories and legacies live on in our memories and influence our positive actions.
Remembering a diverse range of important people from history gives everyone the hope that they too can succeed. For Black History Month, we kicked off with an assembly on ‘Standing Firm in power and Pride’. We are proud at Desford to have a diverse range of texts and units of work that celebrate the success stories of many people from minoritised groups across the world and ensure that their still stories and legacies live on in our memories and influence our positive actions.
ADHD can be a real barrier to learning, understanding how to support someone with ADHD can keep the doorways to learning open. Today’s assembly was to help children to understand the different ways in which some children behave and present in the classroom, so that they can all support each other with compassion and understanding. This is a video summary of our assembly…
ADHD can be a real barrier to learning, understanding how to support someone with ADHD can keep the doorways to learning open. Today’s assembly was to help children to understand the different ways in which some children behave and present in the classroom, so that they can all support each other with compassion and understanding. This is a video summary of our assembly…
This is a great book for helping children to understand what a refugee is. Our assembly today explored this topic further, hearing from some child refugees and learning about some famous refugees such as Bob Marley, Rita Ora, Malala Yousafzai and Albert Einstein. The children were excellent in discussing their views about refugees. Giving young people the opportunity to form and discuss their opinions on current topics in the world is one of the most important things you can do.
This is a great book for helping children to understand what a refugee is. Our assembly today explored this topic further, hearing from some child refugees and learning about some famous refugees such as Bob Marley, Rita Ora, Malala Yousafzai and Albert Einstein. The children were excellent in discussing their views about refugees. Giving young people the opportunity to form and discuss their opinions on current topics in the world is one of the most important things you can do.
Join us next Thursday for our second SEND coffee morning. For all parents and carers with children with SEND, diagnosed or undiagnosed, everyone is welcome 💛💙
Join us next Thursday for our second SEND coffee morning. For all parents and carers with children with SEND, diagnosed or undiagnosed, everyone is welcome 💛💙
Our School Choir performed with other schools at De Montfort Hall this evening, singing an array of traditional folk songs as part of Leicestershire Music’s performance of the Henry Purcell’s opera - Dido and Aeneas. A magical experience!
Our School Choir performed with other schools at De Montfort Hall this evening, singing an array of traditional folk songs as part of Leicestershire Music’s performance of the Henry Purcell’s opera - Dido and Aeneas. A magical experience!
Five of our children participated in the Stephen Lawrence Ambassador Youth Symposium at De Montfort University yesterday. This was a truly inspiring event where they got to meet Ambassadors from primary and secondary schools across Leicestershire, create performance poetry around an anti-racist theme with renowned poet Ty’rone Haughton, learn about creative leadership from George Cole (Leicester’s first ever democratically elected black African Councillor) and also meet Baroness Doreen Laurence in person! All 5 of our children were incredible, contributing their own ideas and views to group discussions and question and answer sessions. The energy in the room was electrifying, inspiring our young people into being our leaders of tomorrow! It was an emotional day that we were all very proud to be a part of, reminding us all that you really can be a force for good and positive change if you stand together and shine brightly with others!
Five of our children participated in the Stephen Lawrence Ambassador Youth Symposium at De Montfort University yesterday. This was a truly inspiring event where they got to meet Ambassadors from primary and secondary schools across Leicestershire, create performance poetry around an anti-racist theme with renowned poet Ty’rone Haughton, learn about creative leadership from George Cole (Leicester’s first ever democratically elected black African Councillor) and also meet Baroness Doreen Laurence in person! All 5 of our children were incredible, contributing their own ideas and views to group discussions and question and answer sessions. The energy in the room was electrifying, inspiring our young people into being our leaders of tomorrow! It was an emotional day that we were all very proud to be a part of, reminding us all that you really can be a force for good and positive change if you stand together and shine brightly with others!
If you are moving to the Desford Area and would like to find out more about our community school, please visit our website for more information as well as an up to date view of the school from parents and Ofsted following our inspection in May 2025. The inspection recognised that our school has been on a journey of sustained improvement. That is why we are so incredibly proud of, and grateful for, everyone in our school community who has joined us on that journey and contributed to this sustained success. It truly is a privilege to work in this school, alongside our staff in serving all of the families in our community. https://desford-community-primary-school.secure-primarysite.net/school-performance-ofsted/
If you are moving to the Desford Area and would like to find out more about our community school, please visit our website for more information as well as an up to date view of the school from parents and Ofsted following our inspection in May 2025. The inspection recognised that our school has been on a journey of sustained improvement. That is why we are so incredibly proud of, and grateful for, everyone in our school community who has joined us on that journey and contributed to this sustained success. It truly is a privilege to work in this school, alongside our staff in serving all of the families in our community. https://desford-community-primary-school.secure-primarysite.net/school-performance-ofsted/
Discover Desford
Explore our academy in greater depth by delving into our key focus areas, where you can learn more about our values, initiatives, and impact.