Montrose School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.517 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Montrose School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Montrose 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 | 0.517 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25: 56% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Reception 2026 had 69 first-choice applications for 60 offers; 59 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (14%) were not offered a place.
- 23.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 43.2% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Reception 2026: the last child offered a place lived 0.517 miles away, the 5th shortest of 10 Leicester primary schools with a published last distance, and nearer than in 2025.
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
- Wigston Lane, Aylestone, Leicester, LE2 8TN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Montrose School is an inclusive and welcoming place to learn.”
- “Pupils say that everyone matters.”
- “They enjoy positive relationships with staff and value the nurture and support they receive when they need it.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the curriculum lacks the same clarity.”
- “In these subjects, teachers are not as accurate with their checks of pupils’ learning.”
- “However, leaders do not check precisely what is working and what needs to change.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 November 2024 (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) | 56% | 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: 69 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.
- Granby Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Marriott Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Eyres Monsell Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Rolleston Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Mary's Fields Academy 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Caldecote Community Primary School 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published