Granby Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.832 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Granby Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 23 May 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Granby Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.832 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.832 miles away, the 3rd longest of 10 Leicester primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance of 0.832 miles was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 64 first-choice applications for 60 offers, with 59 offers going to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Leicester schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Granby Road, Leicester, LE2 8LP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 460 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 23 May 2023
Strengths
- “They say that everybody feels welcome here.”
- “Leaders have created a caring culture built on strong relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils try hard to be ‘ready, respectful and safe’.”
To improve
- “Leaders have not yet clearly planned how teachers will deliver all aspects of the curriculum.”
- “Some lesson activities do not help pupils learn as well as they might.”
- “Sometimes, teachers do not give pupils the feedback they need to deepen their understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 7 July 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 47% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 64 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 59 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Montrose School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Marriott Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Fields Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eyres Monsell Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Caldecote Community Primary School 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Folville Junior School 1.2 mi Standards maintained