Wolsey House 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 🔒
Wolsey House 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.
Wolsey House 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
- 33.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, below the middle figure of 41.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, with 57 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 51% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 0% 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
- Beaumont Leys Lane, Leicester, LE4 2BB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 576 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 28 April 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils feel safe and cared for every day.”
- “They trust adults and know that staff listen and act quickly when they have worries.”
- “Pupils feel happy and enjoy coming to school.”
To improve
- “Many begin school with skills well below what is typical for their age, especially in communication and language.”
- “Some pupils miss school more often than leaders would like.”
- “However, the number of pupils who are persistently absent remains too high.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 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) | 51% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 57 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.
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Woodstock Primary Academy 0.4 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mowmacre Hill Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Barley Croft Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mellor Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published