Coleman 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 🔒
Coleman 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 5 November 2024. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Coleman 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, with 32 first-choice applications for 32 offers; 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published outcome also did so.
- 59% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), and 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 result was the lowest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester that have results.
- Ofsted's latest outcome (5 November 2024) was Not judged, after Requires improvement in June 2022; 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester are rated Good.
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
- Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 5FS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 450 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending Coleman Primary School.”
- “They have positive relationships with teachers and other staff.”
- “Pupils understand the school’s four simple rules and adhere to them.”
To improve
- “However, the quality of teaching is still too variable for pupils and children to achieve as well as they should.”
- “Teaching in these subjects is still too variable for pupils including pupils with SEND to achieve as well as they should.”
- “This is not yet evident in all subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 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) | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 32 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.
- Mayflower Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Evington Valley Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.5 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
- St Barnabas CofE Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Medway Community Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Uplands Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published