Eyres Monsell 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 🔒
Eyres Monsell Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Eyres Monsell 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 was offered a Reception place in 2026, as was the case at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 39 first-choice applications for 41 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils 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
- Simmins Crescent, Eyres Monsell, Leicester, LE2 9AH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 388 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils say they are happy at this inclusive school.”
- “One child, typical of many, said, ‘People are allowed to be unique and different in our school.”
- “Parents and carers appreciate how welcoming the school is.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, these checks are made but teachers do not yet use the information gathered to adapt their lessons.”
- “This means that knowledge is not revisited and gaps in pupils’ learning are not addressed.”
- “However, in some lessons, the activities do not help pupils to build their knowledge and remember their learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 March 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) | 34% | 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: 39 first-preference applications, 41 offers in total, 39 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.
- Rolleston Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Montrose School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holy Cross Catholic School, a Voluntary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Marriott Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Granby Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Knighton Mead Primary Academy 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Overdale Infant School 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Overdale Junior School 1.8 mi School remains Good