Mellor Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · LEICESTER, 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 🔒
Mellor Community Primary School is a primary school in LEICESTER, Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 13 September 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Mellor Community 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 58 first-choice applications for 58 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- 60 Checketts Road, LEICESTER, LE4 5EQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 578 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 13 September 2023
Strengths
- “Mellor Community Primary is a joyful and aspirational school.”
- “Pupils said that they feel happy and safe.”
- “One pupil said, ‘All of the adults are very kind and supportive of our dreams and goals.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 November 2023 (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) | 59% | 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: 58 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 58 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
- Saint Patrick's Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Abbey Mead Primary Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Wyvern Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Belgrave St Peter's CofE Primary School 0.6 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Herrick Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Catherine Junior School 0.8 mi Good
- Catherine Infant School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published