Whitehall 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 🔒
Whitehall Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 8 May 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Whitehall 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- 9.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 22% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- Reception 2026 had 74 first-choice applications for 75 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 2024/25 reading, writing and maths: 71% of pupils met the expected standard (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
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
- Whitehall Road, Leicester, LE5 6GJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 573 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 8 May 2024
Strengths
- “Whitehall Primary School is an inclusive and caring school.”
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They learn and understand the importance of being considerate and respectful within their diverse school community.”
To improve
- “However, some policies do not make the school’s expectations clear.”
- “This leads to some inconsistencies in practice.”
- “However, a number of parents are frustrated when the school cannot satisfy expectations that are contrary to its statutory duties.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 June 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) | 71% | 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: 74 first-preference applications, 75 offers in total, 74 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.
- Krishna Avanti Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Linden Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Thurnby Mead Primary Academy 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Coleman Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Willowbrook Mead Primary Academy 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayflower Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Evington Valley Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published