St John the Baptist CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · 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 John the Baptist CofE Primary School is a primary school in Leicester for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St John the Baptist 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
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 59 of the 72 other Leicester primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 58 first-choice applications for 58 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
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
- East Avenue, Leicester, LE2 1TE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 602 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend this inclusive, welcoming and diverse school.”
- “They comment that ‘sometimes we take for granted just how great this school is.’”
- “The school’s values of forgiveness, resilience, love, koinonia and compassion permeate throughout the school.”
To improve
- “The curriculum is not as well developed in a few foundation subjects.”
- “The knowledge that pupils need is not identified clearly, and learning is not as well structured.”
- “Leaders are working to ensure that all pupils participate in extra activities outside of the school day.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 61% | 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.
- Avenue Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Medway Community Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Evington Valley Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mayflower Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sparkenhoe Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Infant School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Uplands Junior L.E.A.D. Academy 0.9 mi Standards maintained