St Barnabas CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled 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 🔒
St Barnabas CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 3–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 28 June 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Barnabas CofE 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
- For Reception in 2026, there were 34 first-choice applications for 35 offers, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked the school second or lower.
- The school has 21.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.8 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Leicester.
- In 2024/25, 66% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% 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
- St Barnabas Road, Leicester, LE5 4BD
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 335 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 June 2023
Strengths
- “St Barnabas CofE Primary School is a welcoming and caring school.”
- “The school’s values of ‘hope, joy, justice, respect and service’ set out how leaders expect pupils to behave and learn.”
- “They say the school’s values help them know how to act in different situations.”
To improve
- “However, some children do not develop secure knowledge and skills in all areas of learning.”
- “This means that some children are not ready for key stage 1.”
- “This work is at an early stage.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 September 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) | 66% | 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: 34 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 34 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.
- Merrydale Infant School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Merrydale Junior School 0.3 mi Standards maintained
- Green Lane Infant School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bridge Junior School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Sacred Heart Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Spinney Hill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shenton Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Rowlatts Mead Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published