Parks Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.659 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Parks Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 1 October 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Parks 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 | 0.659 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In Reception 2026 the last child offered a place lived 0.659 miles away, the 5th longest of 10 Leicester primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 73 first-choice applications for 60 offers, 1.2 first choices per offer and the highest of 72 Leicester primary schools.
- In Reception 2026, 60 offers went to first-choice families and 13 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 85% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 15% 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
- 1 Gillman Road, Leicester, LE3 9NS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 1 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this exceptional school.”
- “They are welcoming and polite.”
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
To improve
- “Leaders aspire for even better attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 November 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) | 85% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Stokes Wood Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Inglehurst Junior School 0.5 mi Good
- Inglehurst Infant School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Forest Lodge Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ the King Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alderman Richard Hallam Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Fosse Mead Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dovelands Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published