The History of the School

Glenfield Church of England Infants School was built on the present site in 1929 and was originally just four separate classrooms. The Junior School at this time was sited on Kirby Lane.

In 1962, due to increased numbers of children in the village coming from the Glenfield Frith Drive development, the present junior building was opened as Glenfield County Junior School. There was shared access to the Infant and Junior schools but they remained separate schools. In 1980 they amalgamated and were renamed Glenfield County Primary School. The present name of Glenfield Primary School was later adopted in line with Government changes.

Numbers continued to rise after 1962 and by 1967 there were numerous mobile classrooms in use on the site. When the Hall School opened in the village, the catchment areas were redefined and gradually the mobile classrooms were removed until we were left with those we have now.

In 1968 one of the Infant classrooms was adapted to create an Infant Moderate Learning Difficulties Unit (MLD) for 10 children. In 1977 this MLD Unit was closed and a Junior 20 placement MLD Unit was built attached to the main Junior building. In 1991, because of falling numbers, the Unit changed specialism and became a 20 place Speech and Language Unit.

In September 2002 we opened our newly established and refurbished Early Years base funded by Devolved capital from Central Government.