Wyvern Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wyvern Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Wyvern 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 41 first-choice applications for 42 offers, and every applicant was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There are 20.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.2 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Its inspection on 14 April 2026 gave no single grade; the previous graded outcome, on 16 April 2013, was Good.
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
- Wyvern Avenue, Leicester, LE4 7HH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 454 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 14 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils at Wyvern Primary School are delightful.”
- “They embody ‘The Wyvern way’ by showing kindness, resilience and respect and treating everyone equally.”
- “Pupils benefit from warm, respectful and positive relationships with adults and with each other.”
To improve
- “However, disadvantaged pupils' attainment is below the national average in reading and mathematics.”
- “Leaders have rightly identified handwriting as an area for further improvement and there is still more work to do to secure pupils’ accuracy and fluency in this area.”
- “However, some inconsistencies remain in the quality of teaching.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 June 2026 (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) | 65% | 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: 41 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 41 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.
- Rushey Mead Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- North Mead Primary Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Herrick Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mellor Community Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Sandfield Close Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Catherine Infant School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published