Linden 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 🔒
Linden Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Linden 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
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 42 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% 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
- Headland Road, Evington, Leicester, LE5 6AD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 435 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “This is a friendly and welcoming school.”
- “They are respectful of any differences between themselves and others.”
- “They show each other genuine care, empathy and understanding.”
To improve
- “However, some staff do not check well enough if pupils have learned this knowledge.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps in their learning.”
- “In addition, in some subjects the quality of the presentation of pupils’ work is weak.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 December 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) | 75% | 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: 42 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 42 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.
- Whitehall Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Coleman Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Krishna Avanti Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mayflower Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Evington Valley Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St John the Baptist CofE Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published