Moat Community College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Leicester
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.356 miles
Published by Leicester City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Moat Community College is a secondary school in Leicester for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 8 March 2023. Leicester has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Moat Community College 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.356 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.356 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Leicester secondary schools with a published last distance.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 179 first-choice applications for 215 offers; 172 offers went to first-choice families and 7 first-choice families (4%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 34% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 44.6 (England 46).
- Among 8 schools (this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Leicester that have results), 2024/25 GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above was lowest.
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
- Maidstone Road, Leicester, LE2 0TU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Leicester
- Pupils on roll
- 1,091 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 8 March 2023
Strengths
- “Moat Community College is a welcoming and vibrant community where pupils thrive.”
- “Positive, respectful relationships are at the heart of the school’s ethos, and staff take time to get to know pupils and their families well.”
- “Pupils are safe and supported at school.”
To improve
- “However, in a very small number of subjects, leaders need to continue to refine the curriculum to ensure that curriculum plans clearly outline the precise knowledge they want pupils to know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 34% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 179 first-preference applications, 215 offers in total, 172 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Leicester.
- Madani Boys School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Madani Girls' School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Castle Mead Academy 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Crown Hills Community College 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Brook Mead Academy 1.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Sir Jonathan North Girls' College 1.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Fullhurst Community College 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Soar Valley College 1.9 mi Not judged Last distance published